JACOB'S STAFF

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 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 flowers

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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