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SPINY TALINUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Low cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die; southwestern United States
Synonyms:
spiny talinum; Talinum spinescens
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("spiny talinum" is a kind of...):
flame-flower; flame flower; flameflower; Talinum aurantiacum (plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots)
Holonyms ("spiny talinum" is a member of...):
genus Talinum; Talinum (genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs)
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