ocotillo
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English
Etymology
From American Spanish ocotillo, from ocote.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Syllabification: o‧co‧ti‧llo
Noun
ocotillo m (plural ocotillos)
Further reading
- “ocotillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10