English > genus Talinum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs. |
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| Synonym | Talinum |
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| Member of | Portulacaceae, family Portulacaceae, purslane family | family of usually succulent herbs |
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| Members | 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 |
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| narrow-leaved flame flower, Talinum augustissimum | Similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers |
| pigmy talinum, Talinum brevifolium | Low plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground |
| rock pink, Talinum calycinum | pink-flowered perennial of rocky regions / regions of western United States |
| spiny talinum, Talinum spinescens | Low cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die |
| Broader | caryophylloid dicot genus | genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
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| Spanish | género talinum, genus talinum, talinum |
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| Catalan | genus talinum, talinum |
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