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Ocotillo

//əʊkəˈtɪləʊ// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A census-designated place in Imperial County, California, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various succulent plants, not closely related to the cactus, in genus Fouquieria, especially Fouquieria splendens, living in Central America or the southwest United States.

    "It had rained in the night, and some of the ocotillo fences had sprouted some green."

  2. 2
    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

Etymology

From American Spanish ocotillo, from ocote.

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