NOUN
- 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
How To Use ocotillo In A Sentence
- The most common shrubs are creosote bush, ocotillo, and bur sage.
- Bougainvillea and ocotillo spread upward along one side, casting shadows and bright purple bracts against the pale marble walls. SILENT JOE
- The most common shrubs are creosote bush, ocotillo, and bur sage.
- Though traditional ramadas were made with mesquite poles, ocotillo canes, and saguaro, these materials are not readily available in nurseries, and laws prevent harvesting from public land.
- Twining snapdragon winds through the Calhoun's ocotillo fence and license plate collection.
- Yet in another area hit by a recent heavy rain, the ironwood trees and the spiny ocotillos are flush with new green leaves.
- You'll traverse a series of high valleys, ravines, and washes filled with a variety of plants, including purple barrel cactus and stands of ocotillos.
- As we began descending from mountains into the desert, I saw agaves, cacti, and ocotillo thriving on the dry, rugged slopes.
- But the bucks had swapped places in the ocotillos.
- He used barbed wire to attach crossbeams to posts and bailing wire to lash ocotillo canes to the crossbeams.