ocotillo

Meaning

Noun

Any of various succulent plants, unrelated to the cactus, in genus Fouquieria, especially Fouquieria splendens, living in Central America or the southwest United States.

Related

Similar words

boojum tree, coachwhip, Jacob's staff, vine cactus

Origin

From American Spanish ocotillo, from es.

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