o·co·til·lo (  k -t  y)n. pl. o·co·til·los A cactuslike tree (Fouquieria splendens) of Mexico and the southwest United States, having clusters of scarlet tubular flowers. [American Spanish, diminutive of ocote, a Mexican pine, from Nahuatl ocotl, pitch pine.] |
ocotillo [ˌəʊkəˈtiːljəʊ]
n pl -los
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a cactus-like tree, Fouquieria splendens, of Mexico and the southwestern US, with scarlet tubular flowers: used for hedges and candlewood: family Fouquieriaceae
[Mexican Spanish: diminutive of ocote pine, from Nahuatl ocotl torch]
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| Noun | 1. |  ocotillo - 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 flowerscandlewood - 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 |
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