ocotillo
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From American Spanish ocotillo, from ocote.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /əʊkəˈtɪləʊ/, /əʊkəˈtiː(j)əʊ/
[edit] Noun
ocotillo (plural ocotillos)
- Any of various succulent plants unrelated to the cactus, in the genus Fouquieria, living in Central America or the southwest United States.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 731:
- It had rained in the night, and some of the ocotillo fences had sprouted some green.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 731:
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[edit] Spanish
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /okoˈtiʎo/
[edit] Noun
ocotillo m. (plural ocotillos)
- (Mexico) ocotillo
