Talinum paniculatum

Definitions of Talinum paniculatum
  1. noun
    erect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers; southwestern North America to Central America; widely introduced elsewhere
    synonyms: jewels-of-opar
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    Talinum aurantiacum, flame flower, flame-flower, flameflower
    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
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