n.
Pronunciation: ˌ ō -k ə - ' t ē -( ˌ )y ō
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -llos
Etymology: Mexican Spanish, diminutive of ocote, a resinous pine tree ( Pinus montezuma ), from Nahuatl ocotl pine, torch made of pine
Date: 1856
: a thorny scarlet-flowered candlewood ( Fouquieria splendens of the family Fouquieriaceae) of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico
ocotillo