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KNIPHOFIA UVARIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Kniphofia uvaria mean?
• KNIPHOFIA UVARIA (noun)
The noun KNIPHOFIA UVARIA has 1 sense:
1. clump-forming plant of South Africa with spikes of scarlet flowers
Familiarity information: KNIPHOFIA UVARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Clump-forming plant of South Africa with spikes of scarlet flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Kniphofia uvaria; poker plant
Hypernyms ("Kniphofia uvaria" is a kind of...):
flame-flower; flame flower; flameflower; kniphofia; tritoma (a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Kniphofia uvaria"):
Kniphofia praecox; red-hot poker (widely cultivated hybrid poker plant)
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