Fouquieria

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:

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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

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