scarlet bugler

noun

1

: a pentstemon (Pentstemon centranthifolius) native to southwestern North America, used as an ornamental, and having thick leaves and long tubular scarlet flowers

2

: a cactus of the genus Cleistocactus having long tubular bright-red flowers

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