Ocotillo

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A cactuslike tree (Fouquieria splendens) of Mexico and the southwest United States, having clusters of scarlet tubular flowers.
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  • n. Any of various succulent plants unrelated to the cactus, in the genus Fouquieria, living in Central America or the southwest United States.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In the southwestern United States, northern Mexico, and Lower California, a name applied to several species of Fouquieria, especially to F. splendens, a shrub which grows in arid, stony soil, and which has many spiny stems terminating in slender panicles of red flowers.
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  • n. desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    candlewood   
    Cross Reference
    tree-oco-tillo   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    coachwhip    vine cactus    boojum tree    Jacob’s staff   
     
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