"red-hot poker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: red-hot pokers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} red-hot poker (plural red-hot pokers)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red-hot, poker.
    Sense id: en-red-hot_poker-en-noun-GLYiUjg8
  2. Many of the species of flowering plants of the genus Kniphofia, that produce an inflorescence in the form of a raceme of red flowers that turn yellow as they mature.
    Sense id: en-red-hot_poker-en-noun-m7ic4jjm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90

Inflected forms

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