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torch lily

torch lily noun: a tritoma; a red-hot poker plant.

Noun

torch lily (plural torch lilies)

  1. A tritoma; a red-hot poker plant.
    • Less than ten years ago the torch lily was considered solely an autumn flower, but great improvements have been made by the Dutch hybridizers, and there is now a longer-blooming variety known as Pfitzerii,[…]1910, William Tyler Miller, Garden & Home Builder, page 368
    • Torch Lily (Kniphofia) Set off floral fireworks with torch lily's towering spikes.2010 December 28, Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens Perennial Gardening, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 269

Forms of torch lily

pluraltorch lilies

Questions about torch lily

What does torch lily mean?
Torch lily means a tritoma; a red-hot poker plant.
What part of speech is torch lily?
Torch lily is a noun.
What is the plural of torch lily?
The plural of torch lily is torch lilies.

Words near torch lily in the dictionary

  1. Torch Lake
  2. torch lamp
  3. torch lamps
  4. torch lighter
  5. torch lilies
  6. torch lily
  7. torch runner
  8. torch runners
  9. torch singer
  10. torch singers
  11. torch song

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