tritoma
[ trit-uh-muh ]
noun
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
Origin of tritoma
1- Also called poker plant, red-hot poker, torch lily.
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How to use tritoma in a sentence
tritoma grandis , and glaucescens , are noble things for the back of a border.
Great rockets of tritoma flamed against the wall, on the other side of which traffic went unnoted and unsuspecting.
California | Mary AustinI would like to ask what success you have had with growing tritoma, the flame flower?
It may be found pretty freely also at ivy bloom, and at the flowers of tritoma.
The Moths of the British Isles, Second Series | Richard South
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