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Word: Ocotillo
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: via American Spanish (diminutive form) from Nahuatl ocotl ‘torch’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əʊkəˈtiː(j)əʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a spiny scarlet-flowered desert shrub of the south-western US and Mexico, which is sometimes planted as a hedge.
Short Definition:spiny scarlet-flowered desert shrub of south-western US and Mexico
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