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Ocotillo

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Noun

1. coachwhip, fouquieria splendens, jacob's staff, ocotillo, vine cactus

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ocotillo

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noun plural -los
a cactus-like tree, Fouquieria splendens, of Mexico and the southwestern US, with scarlet tubular flowers: used for hedges and candlewood: family Fouquieriaceae

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Ocotillo

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nounWord forms: plural ˌocoˈtillos (ˌoʊkəˈtijoʊz ; ōˌkətēˈyōz)
1. 
a spiny, desert candlewood (Fouquieria splendens) with scarlet flowers, found in the SW U.S.
adjective
2. 
designating a family (Fouquieriaceae, order Violales) of dicotyledonous desert shrubs and trees, including the candlewoods

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ocotillo

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n. pl. o·co·til·los
A shrub (Fouquieria splendens) of Mexico and the southwest United States, having long spiny stems and clusters of scarlet tubular flowers.

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