Meaning Of The Word Ocotillo

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ocotillo in American English
a spiny, desert candlewood (Fouquieria splendens) with scarlet flowers, found in the SW U.S.
designating a family (Fouquieriaceae, order Violales) of dicotyledonous desert shrubs and trees, including the candlewoods
noun: a spiny, woody shrub, Fouqueria splendens, of arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a tight cluster of red flowers at the tip of each branch

ocotillo in British English
noun: 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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