fouquieria
Noun
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Resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year (synset 112402183)
is a type of: dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsmember holonym:
- 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
belongs to: family fouquieriaceae, fouquieriaceae - small family of spiny shrubs or trees of southwestern United Statessame as: genus fouquieria
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