Jewels-of-opar

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  jewels-of-opar \jewels-of-opar\ n.
     An erect plant ({Talinum paniculatum}) with tuberous roots
     and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers, grwing from
     Southwestern North America to Central America; it has been
     widely introduced elsewhere.
  


     Syn: {Talinum paniculatum}.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jewels-of-opar
       n : erect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red
           to yellow flowers; southwestern North America to Central
           America; widely introduced elsewhere [syn: {Talinum
           paniculatum}]