flameflower
- noun
:
flor de fuego
- The flameflower brightened the border with its stunning red spikes.
Examples
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Gardeners often choose flameflowers for their drought tolerance and vivid blooms.
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The flameflower blooms in vibrant red and orange colors.
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A row of flameflowers lined the walkway, attracting bees and butterflies.
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Look at that beautiful flameflower over there!
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A row of flameflowers lined the walkway, attracting bees and butterflies.
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Gardeners often choose flameflowers for their drought tolerance and vivid blooms.
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The flameflower brightened the border with its stunning red spikes.
Synonyms
A plant from the US Southwest with fleshy roots and a single red-orange flower
A desert plant with thick roots and narrow succulent leaves, each stem having one reddish-orange flower
A plant from the southwestern United States with fleshy edible roots and narrow thick leaves
A plant from the southwestern United States with narrow leaves and yellow-orange flowers
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Flameflower is made of flame ('fire') and flower ('blossom'), so it names a plant whose bright red or orange blooms look like little flames.
