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    JACOB'S STAFF

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    coachwhip; Fouquieria splendens; Jacob's staff; ocotillo; vine cactus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Jacob's staff" is a kind of...):

    candlewood (any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light)

    Holonyms ("Jacob's staff" is a member of...):

    Fouquieria; genus Fouquieria (resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year)

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