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name
A census-designated place in Imperial County, California, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of various succulent plants, not closely related to the cactus, in genus Fouquieria, especially Fouquieria splendens, living in Central America or the southwest United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: coachwhip, Jacob's staff, vine cactus, Fouquieria splendens
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Broader terms: candlewood
History
From American Spanish ocotillo, from ocote.
