单词 | ocotillo |
释义 | ocotillon. A desert shrub, Fouquieria splendens (family Fouquieriaceae), native to Mexico and the south-western U.S. and bearing inconspicuous leaves and panicles of scarlet flowers on stiff, spiny stems; (also) the stems of this plant. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > American or West Indian ramgoat bush1566 burton-wood1697 cowage cherry1725 Jack-in-the-busha1726 screw tree1739 lady of the night1752 goatweed1756 solandra1797 silk-tassel1833 garrya1835 matico1839 choisya1840 Romneya1845 jointer1847 creosote-bush1851 creosote-plant1854 bridal wreath1856 ocotillo1856 adelaster1863 sage rose1864 white horse1864 tree poppy1866 Tacsonia1869 rain tree1877 piquillin bush1884 tassel-bush1891 bush poppy1899 Mexican orange1923 shrimp plant1941 1856 Wide West (San Francisco) Oct. (Suppl.) 2/5 Aside from the grass, there is a shrub called the Diondillia, the Ocetilla, the Choya, [etc.]. 1859 W. H. Emory Rep. U.S. & Mexican Boundary Surv. II. 103 Moquinia hypoleuca... This is No. 1391 and 2358 of Berlandier's collection, who records its vernacular name as ‘Ocotillo’. 1864 Harper's Mag. Nov. 697/2 Passing through some dense thickets of mesquit and ocochilla, the struggling family found themselves at the foot of a rocky bluff. 1883 Harper's Mag. Mar. 491/1 The houses consist of a frame-work of cottonwood or ocotilla wattles. 1893 Nation (N.Y.) 7 Sept. 169/3 Walking-sticks made of the porous ocotillo cactus. 1915 Standard Cycl. Hort. III. 1271/1 Ocotillo..is a conspicuous object in the deserts from Texas westward,..the rod-like stiff canes looking like lifeless sticks in dry weather and in its season crowned with masses of showy bloom. 1948 Nat. Hist. Apr. 181 The Ocotillo is frankly red, adding its flaming tips to every dry stick that looked dead a week ago. 1966 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 3 Apr. (1970) 381 The ocotillo..looks like about a dozen long coach whips stuck into the ground, spraying out in a weeping fashion. 1994 N.Y. Times 27 Nov. v. 13/5 We began in pinto-bean fields and hills covered with prickly pears and ocotilla plants that look like thorny cat-o-nine tails. 2001 Nature Photographer Summer 19/1 Other flowers in the park include ocotillo, an unusual but beautiful herbaceous plant that is rather common. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856 |
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