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1. (n.) ocotillo
a spiny desert candlewood shrub, Fouquieria splendens, of the family Fouquieriaceae, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a tight cluster of red flowers at the tip of each branch.
Etymology: (1855–60, Amer.; < MexSp, dim. of ocote kind of pine)
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1. (noun) ocotillo, coachwhip, Jacob's staff, vine cactus, Fouquieria splendens
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 flowers
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