candlewood
Noun
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Any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light (synset 112402028)
subtypes:
- coachwhip, fouquieria splendens, jacob's staff, ocotillo, vine cactus - 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
- boojum tree, cirio, fouquieria columnaris, idria columnaris - candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers
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