OCOTILLO


Meaning of OCOTILLO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌō-kə-ˈtē-(ˌ)yō ]

noun

( 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 United States and Mexico

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.