Definition of Kniphofia uvaria

1. Noun. Clump-forming plant of South Africa with spikes of scarlet flowers.

Exact synonyms: Poker Plant
Generic synonyms: Flame Flower, Flame-flower, Flameflower, Kniphofia, Tritoma
Specialized synonyms: Kniphofia Praecox, Red-hot Poker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kniphofia Uvaria

Knesseth
Knicks
Kniest
Kniest syndrome
Knight
Knight Bachelor
Knight Batchelor
Knight Templar
Knight of the Round Table
Knightheads
Knightia
Knights Bachelor
Knights Batchelor
Knights Templar
Kniphofia praecox
Kniphofia uvaria
Knoll
Knoll's glands
Knollenorgan
Knollenorgans
Knoop
Knoop's theory
Knoop hardness number
Knossos
Know-Nothing
Know-Nothing Party
Know-Nothingism
Knowledge Interchange Format
Knowlton's cactus

Literary usage of Kniphofia uvaria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"kniphofia uvaria. ous plants, though they have only a short rhizome and numerous, clustered, thickish root-fibers. Old but vigorous plante of the A'. ..."

2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1861)
"... L. kniphofia uvaria, Hook. Phormium tenaz, Forst. Sanseviera zeylanica, Roe. var. plena. cylindrica. Aloe indica, Royle. Yucca gloriosa, L. angustifolia ..."

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