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; [syn: spiny talinum, Talinum spinescens]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spiny talinum
n 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 [syn: spiny
talinum, Talinum spinescens]