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red-hot poker

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red-hot poker
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) See kniphofia
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Noun1.red-hot poker - widely cultivated hybrid poker plant
Kniphofia praecox
Kniphofia uvaria, poker plant - clump-forming plant of South Africa with spikes of scarlet flowers


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His light, a little later, broke though chinks of cottage shutters, throwing stripes like red-hot pokers upon cupboards, chests of drawers, and other furniture within; and awakening harvesters who were not already astir.
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