Akademik

Fouquieria

noun

resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year

• Syn: ↑genus Fouquieria

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Fouquieriaceae, ↑family Fouquieriaceae

• Member Meronyms:

↑ocotillo, ↑coachwhip, ↑Jacob's staff, ↑vine cactus, ↑Fouquieria splendens, ↑boojum tree, ↑cirio, ↑Fouquieria columnaris, ↑Idria columnaris

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\\füˈkirēə, ˌfükēˈir-, ˌfükēˈer-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Pierre Eloi Fouquier died 1850 French physician + New Latin -ia

: a small genus of scarlet-flowered shrubs or low trees (family Fouquieriaceae) with brittle wood and spiny stems that are leafless for most of the season — see ocotillo

Useful english dictionary. 2012.