Definition of flame flower

• a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
• plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots
• a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers