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Sonoran_Desert

Sonoran Desert

English

Proper noun

Sonoran Desert

A desert which covers large parts of the southwestern United States in Arizona and California, and of Northwestern Mexico.

Derived terms

Sonoran bean (Phaseolus pedicellatus)
Sonoran bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus alamosanus)
Sonoran blue palm (Brahea nitida)
Sonoran brickellbush (Brickellia simplex)
Sonoran bursage (Ambrosia cordifolia)
Sonoran cinchweed (Pectis cylindrica)
Sonoran collared lizard (Crotaphytus nebrius)
Sonoran croton (Croton sonorae)
Sonoran desert dandelion (Malacothrix sonorae)
Sonoran Desert toad (Incilius alvarius)
Sonoran dodder (Cuscuta erosa)
Sonoran giant hyssop (Agastache wrightii)

Sonoran globe amaranth (Gomphrena sonorae)
Sonoran Indian mallow (Abutilon mollicomum)
Sonoran indigo (Indigofera sphaerocarpa)
Sonoran milkvine (Matelea cordifolia)
Sonoran mountain kingsnake (Lampropeltis pyromelana)
Sonora mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense)
Sonoran neststraw (Stylocline sonorensis)
Sonoran nightshade (Solanum lumholtzianum)
Sonoran oak (Quercus viminea)
Sonoran palmetto (Sabal uresana)
Sonoran panicgrass (Panicum sonorum)
Sonoran persimmon (Diospyros sonorae)

Sonoran prairie clover (Dalea filiformis)
Sonoran pricklyleaf (Thymophylla concinna)
Sonoran pricklypoppy (Argemone gracilenta)
Sonoran sandmat (Euphorbia micromera)
Sonoran scrub oak (Quercus turbinella)
Sonoran sea grape (Coccoloba goldmanii)
Sonoran sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes cercobombus)
Sonoran strangler fig (Ficus pertusa)
Sonoran thoroughwort (Fleischmannia sonorae)
Sonoran ticktrefoil (Desmodium scopulorum)
Sonoran water-willow (Justicia sonorae)

Translations

Sonoran Desert

References

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- Harper, historian, Douglas (accessed June 18, 2015), “Sonora”, in (Please provide the title of the work) (in English), Online Etymology Dictionary