cigar flower
noun
variants: less commonly
cigar plant
Definition of cigar flower
: a tender spreading perennial (Cuphea ignea) used as a pot plant and having solitary bright-red tubular flowers with a dark ring at the end and a white mouth
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Origin and Etymology of cigar flower
so called from the shape of the flower
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