poker plant


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Noun1.poker plant - clump-forming plant of South Africa with spikes of scarlet flowerspoker plant - clump-forming plant of South Africa with spikes of scarlet flowers
Kniphofia uvaria
flame flower, flameflower, flame-flower, kniphofia, tritoma - a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
Kniphofia praecox, red-hot poker - widely cultivated hybrid poker plant
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