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POKER PLANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Clump-forming plant of South Africa with spikes of scarlet flowers
Synonyms:
Kniphofia uvaria; poker plant
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Hypernyms ("poker plant" 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 "poker plant"):
Kniphofia praecox; red-hot poker (widely cultivated hybrid poker plant)