TALINUM SPINESCENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Talinum spinescens mean? 

• TALINUM SPINESCENS (noun)
  The noun TALINUM SPINESCENS has 1 sense:

1. low cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die; southwestern United States

  Familiarity information: TALINUM SPINESCENS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TALINUM SPINESCENS (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

spiny talinum; Talinum spinescens

Hypernyms ("Talinum spinescens" 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 ("Talinum spinescens" is a member of...):

genus Talinum; Talinum (genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs)