English

Wikispecies

Noun

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

• boojum tree, coachwhip, Jacob's staff, vine cactus

Spanish

Etymology

From ocote + -illo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /okoˈtiʎo/

Noun

ocotillo m ‎(plural ocotillos)

1. (Mexico) ocotillo