noun
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
• Syn: ↑flame flower, ↑flame-flower, ↑flameflower
• Hypernyms: ↑wildflower, ↑wild flower
• Hyponyms:
↑narrow-leaved flame flower, ↑Talinum augustissimum, ↑pigmy talinum, ↑Talinum brevifolium, ↑rock pink, ↑Talinum calycinum, ↑jewels-of-opar, ↑Talinum paniculatum, ↑spiny talinum, ↑Talinum spinescens
• Member Holonyms: ↑Talinum, ↑genus Talinum
Useful english dictionary. 2012.