Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of large and showy liliaceous plants of the tribe Hemerocalleœ, having long, narrow leaves and reflexed spiked flowers with a narrow tubular perianth, short lobes, and hypogynous Stamens.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
plants , of the genus Kniphofia, having bright, uprightflowers
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
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Examples
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I love the goldfinches, they are usually spotted on the kniphofia spikes, echinceas and later the very tall rudbeckias.
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Another hot color combo, the kniphofia and Azalea ‘Crimson Tide’ with the chamaecyparis ‘Gold Mops’ mopping up all the spilled color.
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