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ocotillos

ocotillos is the plural of ocotillo.

Meaning of ocotillo

Noun

ocotillo (plural ocotillos)

  1. 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.
    • It had rained in the night, and some of the ocotillo fences had sprouted some green.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 731
    Synonyms:
    boojum tree, coachwhip, Jacob's staff, vine cactus

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Questions about ocotillos

What is ocotillos the plural of?
Ocotillos is the plural of ocotillo.

Words near ocotillos in the dictionary

  1. ocote
  2. Ocotepec
  3. Ocotepeque
  4. ocotes
  5. ocotillo
  6. ocotillos
  7. OCP
  8. OCPD
  9. OCPDs
  10. OCPs
  11. ocque

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