ocotillo

See also: Ocotillo

English

Etymology

From American Spanish ocotillo, from ocote.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ocotillo (plural ocotillos)

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

boojum tree, coachwhip, Jacob's staff, vine cactus

Spanish

Etymology

From ocote +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

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

(most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
(Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

Syllabification: o‧co‧ti‧llo

Noun

ocotillo m (plural ocotillos)

(Mexico) ocotillo

Further reading

“ocotillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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