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Definition of Talinum
1. Noun. Genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Portulacaceae, Portulacaceae, Purslane Family
Member holonyms: Flame Flower, Flame-flower, Flameflower, Talinum Aurantiacum, Narrow-leaved Flame Flower, Talinum Augustissimum, Pigmy Talinum, Talinum Brevifolium, Rock Pink, Talinum Calycinum, Spiny Talinum, Talinum Spinescens
Definition of Talinum
1. Noun. Any of the genus ''Talinum'' of herbaceous succulent plants, some with edible leaves. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Talinum
Literary usage of Talinum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Round-leaved talinum. Nat. of the Cape of Good Hope. Cult. 1732, by James Sherard,
MD Dill. talinum Anacampseros. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Ascends to 3800 ft. in North Carolina. May- Aug. '« 2. talinum ... talinum parviflorum
Nutt. Small- flowered talinum. Fig. 1738. talinum parviflorum Nutt. ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Ascends to 3800 ft. in North Carolina. May- Aug. 2. talinum ... talinum parviflorum
Nutt. Small- flowered talinum. Fig. 1738. talinum parviflorum Nutt. ..."
4. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"talinum Adans. Low glabrous herbs, mostly with linear leaves (clustered near the
base), ... talinum parviflorum Nutt. T. & G. Fl. NA 1: 197. 1838. ..."
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