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ocotillo

o·co·til·lo [ kə tyō ] (plural o·co·til·los or o·co·til·lo)


noun 
Definition:
 
bush with red flowers: a spiny bush with red flowers at the tip of each branch. Native to: dry parts of southwestern United States, Mexico.  Latin name Fouqueria splendens.

[Mid-19th century. < American Spanish< ocote "Mexican pine tree" < Nahuatl ocotl "torch"]
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