cirio

n.

1.

the candlewood of Mexico and couthwestern California (Idria columnaris or Fouquieria columnaris), having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers; - called also the boojum tree.

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Noun

1.

cirio - candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers boojum tree, Fouquieria columnaris, Idria columnaris candlewood - any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light Fouquieria, genus Fouquieria - resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year