/oh'keuh teel"yoh/ ; Sp. /aw'kaw tee"yaw/ , n. , pl. ocotillos /-teel"yohz/ ; Sp. /-tee"yaws/ .
a spiny, woody shrub, Fouqueria splendens, of arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a tight cluster of red flowers at the tip of each branch.
[ 1855-60, Amer.; ocote kind of pine ocotl ]