| NOUN | plant | genus Fouquieria, Fouquieria | resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions / regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year |
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| Meaning | resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions / regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year. | |
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| Synonym | Fouquieria | |
| Member of | Fouquieriaceae, family Fouquieriaceae | small family of spiny shrubs or trees of southwestern United States |
| Members | boojum tree, cirio, Fouquieria columnaris, Idria columnaris | candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers |
| ocotillo, coachwhip, Jacob's staff, vine cactus, Fouquieria splendens | desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers | |
| Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
| Spanish | fouquieria, genus fouquieria | |
| Catalan | fouquieria, genus fouquieria | |
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