Meaning & use
Tritoma
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A garden plant with tall spikes of red, orange, or yellow tubular flowers, also known as red-hot poker.
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The tritomas along the fence blazed orange against the green hedge.
Hummingbirds were drawn to the bright tritoma blooms all summer.
A note on using this word
"Tritoma" was the plant's original scientific genus name; botanists now classify it under "Kniphofia," but the older name persists as a common garden term.
Words with a similar meaning
red-hot pokertorch lily
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