ocotillo

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Etymology [edit]

From American Spanish ocotillo, from ocote.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /əʊkəˈtɪləʊ/, /əʊkəˈtiː(j)əʊ/

Noun [edit]

ocotillo (plural ocotillos)

  1. Any of various succulent plants unrelated to the cactus, in the genus Fouquieria, especially Fouquieria splendens, 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.

Synonyms [edit]

Spanish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From ocote + -illo.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /okoˈtiʎo/

Noun [edit]

ocotillo m (plural ocotillos)

  1. (Mexico) ocotillo
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