ocotillo

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Etymology

From American Spanish ocotillo, from ocote.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ocotillo (plural ocotillos)

  1. Any of various succulent plants unrelated to the cactus, in the genus Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., especially Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., 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

Spanish

Etymology

From ocote + -illo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /okoˈtiʝo/ [o.koˈt̪i.ʝo]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /okoˈtiʎo/ [o.koˈt̪i.ʎo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /okoˈtiʃo/ [o.koˈt̪i.ʃo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /okoˈtiʒo/ [o.koˈt̪i.ʒo]

Noun

ocotillo m (plural ocotillos)

  1. (Mexico) ocotillo
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