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Definition of Ocotillos
1. ocotillo [n] - See also: ocotillo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ocotillos
Literary usage of Ocotillos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1892)
"They were found chiefly in the ocotillos along the lower hills, after the migration
had ... A single male shot in a growth of ocotillos at Apache, May 15. ..."
2. Desert Dancing: Exploring the Land, the People, the Legends of the by Len Wilcox (2000)
"Here are ocotillos, teddy bear cholla, small bushes of creosote, and an occasional
barrel cactus; ..."
3. New Trails in Mexico: An Account of One Year's Exploration in North-western by Carl Lumholtz (1912)
"... reason the primitive looking canutillo (ephedra) of the sand dunes furnishes
a flaring blaze. Dry ocotillos are often seen lying about on the ground, ..."
4. WMD Machete by Mark Plimsoll (2006)
"... the Chihuahua desert ocotillos like frozen grenade explosions, quick ballpoint
pen portraits of Mayan faces in Indian Village tipica costumes, ..."
5. Mammals of the Mexican Boundary of the United States: A Descriptive by Edgar Alexander Mearns (1907)
"ited Fort Lowell, in April, 1885, the officers' quarters were shaded and screened
by a beautiful paling of living ocotillos (Fon- ..."
6. Bulletin by Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of the Interior, United States Dept. of the Interior, United States National Museum, United States (1907)
"... the officers' quarters were shaded and screened by a beautiful paling of living
ocotillos (Fou- ..."
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