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FOUQUIERIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year

Synonyms:

Fouquieria; genus Fouquieria

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Fouquieria" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Fouquieria"):

coachwhip; Fouquieria splendens; Jacob's staff; ocotillo; vine cactus (desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers)

boojum tree; cirio; Fouquieria columnaris; Idria columnaris (candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("Fouquieria" is a member of...):

family Fouquieriaceae; Fouquieriaceae (small family of spiny shrubs or trees of southwestern United States)

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