NOUN | plant | Talinum paniculatum, jewels-of-opar | erect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers |
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Meaning | Erect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers; southwestern North America to Central America; widely introduced elsewhere. | |
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Synonym | jewels-of-opar | |
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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