ocotillo

See also: Ocotillo

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From American Spanish ocotillo, from ocote.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əʊkəˈtɪləʊ/, /əʊkəˈtiː(j)əʊ/

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.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 731:
      It had rained in the night, and some of the ocotillo fences had sprouted some green.

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

From ocote +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /okoˈtiʝo/ [o.koˈt̪i.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /okoˈtiʎo/ [o.koˈt̪i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /okoˈtiʃo/ [o.koˈt̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /okoˈtiʒo/ [o.koˈt̪i.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: o‧co‧ti‧llo

Noun

ocotillo m (plural ocotillos)

  1. (Mexico) ocotillo

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