red-hot poker
red-hot poker · red-hot pokers
Many of the species of flowering plants of the genus Kniphofia, that produce an…Many of the species of flowering plants of the genus Kniphofia, that produce an inflorescence in the form of a raceme of red flowers that turn yellow as they mature.
Meaning
2 sensesMany of the species of flowering plants of the genus Kniphofia, that produce an inflorescence in the form of a raceme of red flowers that turn yellow as they mature.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red-hot, poker.
More definitions
- widely cultivated hybrid poker plant
Forms
plural: red-hot pokers| Singular | red-hot poker |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- widely cultivated hybrid poker plant:Kniphofia praecox
See also
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