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NARROW-LEAVED FLAME FLOWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does narrow-leaved flame flower mean?
• NARROW-LEAVED FLAME FLOWER (noun)
The noun NARROW-LEAVED FLAME FLOWER has 1 sense:
1. similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers; southwestern United States
Familiarity information: NARROW-LEAVED FLAME FLOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NARROW-LEAVED FLAME FLOWER (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers; southwestern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
narrow-leaved flame flower; Talinum augustissimum
Hypernyms ("narrow-leaved flame flower" is a kind of...):
flame-flower; flame flower; flameflower; Talinum aurantiacum (plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots)
Holonyms ("narrow-leaved flame flower" is a member of...):
genus Talinum; Talinum (genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs)
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