TRITOMA
Dictionary entry overview: What does tritoma mean? • TRITOMA (noun)
The noun TRITOMA has 1 sense:
1. a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
Familiarity information: TRITOMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TRITOMA (noun)
Meaning:
A plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
flame flower; flame-flower; flameflower; kniphofia; tritoma
Hypernyms ("tritoma" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tritoma"):
Kniphofia uvaria; poker plant (clump-forming plant of South Africa with spikes of scarlet flowers)
Holonyms ("tritoma" is a member of...):
genus Kniphofia (genus of showy clump-forming African herbs with grasslike leaves; sometimes placed in family Aloeaceae)
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