| the common name for a small, shrubby plant, Cuphea ignea, of the loosestrife family, native to Mexico and Jamaica, grown as an ornamental and houseplant: named for its red tubular flowers that resemble cigars. |
| cigar flower n. A small bushy plant (Cuphea ignea), native to Mexico and Jamaica and widely cultivated as an ornamental and a houseplant for its red tubular flowers with white and violet tips that resemble lit cigars. |