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trito·ma (trit′ə mə)

noun

any of a genus (Kniphofia) of African plants of the lily family, with dense spikes of red to yellow tubular flowers in the autumn

Etymology: ModL < Gr tritomos, cut three times < tri-, three + -tomos, cut off: see tome

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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