ocotillo
ocotillo[ˌəʊkəˈtiːjəʊ, ˈtiːjəʊ](pl. -os)- (chiefly US)a spiny scarlet-flowered desert shrub of the south-western US and Mexico, which is sometimes planted as a spiny hedge
(主美)墨西哥刺木,马鞭,蔓仙人掌
- Fouquieria splendens, family Fouquieriaceae
拉丁名Fouquieria splendens,刺树科(福桂花科)
语源- mid 19th cent.: via American Spanish (diminutive form) from Nahuatl ocotl 'torch'
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