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    TALINUM SPINESCENS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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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 Statesplay

    Synonyms:

    spiny talinum; Talinum spinescens

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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)

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