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GENUS FOUQUIERIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Fouquieria" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Fouquieria" is a member of...):
family Fouquieriaceae; Fouquieriaceae (small family of spiny shrubs or trees of southwestern United States)
