| NOUN | plant | 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 |
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| 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. | |
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| Synonym | Talinum spinescens | |
| Member of | Talinum, genus Talinum | genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs |
| Broader | 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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