ocotillo
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See also: Ocotillo
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From American Spanish ocotillo, from ocote.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ocotillo (plural ocotillos)
- 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.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 731:
- It had rained in the night, and some of the ocotillo fences had sprouted some green.
Synonyms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Syllabification: o‧co‧ti‧llo
Noun[edit]
ocotillo m (plural ocotillos)
Further reading[edit]
- “ocotillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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