spiny talinum

1. 1.

   low cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die; southwestern United States

   SynonymsTalinum spinescens

   Broaderflame flower

   Part ofTalinum

Questions about spiny talinum

What does spiny talinum mean?

spiny talinum means "low cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die; southwestern United States".

What is another word for spiny talinum?

Close synonyms include Talinum spinescens. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spiny talinum a common word?

spiny talinum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.