WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Talinum aurantiacum
    n 1: 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, Talinum aurantiacum]