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‖ Tritoma Bot.
(ˈtrɪtəmə, incorrectly traɪˈtəʊmə)
[mod.L. (J. B. Ker 1804, in Curtis's Bot. Mag. XX. 744), f. Gr. τρίτοµος thrice-cut, f. τρι- three + -τοµος cut; from the capsule splitting into three valves.]
A genus of liliaceous plants (also called Kniphofia), natives of South Africa, with spikes of scarlet or yellow flowers; several species in cultivation are popularly called flame-flower or red-hot poker; kniphofia.
1804Curtis's Bot. Mag. XX. 744 (heading) Glaucous-Leaved Tritoma. 1854[see kniphofia]. 1871J. C. Patteson Let. 8 Mar. in C. M. Yonge Life J.C. Patteson (1874) II. xii. 514, I like both the red and the yellow tritoma. 1882Garden 13 May 325/2 Tritomas..produce a grand effect in autumn. 1900Blackw. Mag. Apr. 574/2 The tritomas, blazing up red-hot. |