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