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FOUQUIERIA COLUMNARIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Fouquieria columnaris mean?
• FOUQUIERIA COLUMNARIS (noun)
The noun FOUQUIERIA COLUMNARIS has 1 sense:
1. candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers
Familiarity information: FOUQUIERIA COLUMNARIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FOUQUIERIA COLUMNARIS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
boojum tree; cirio; Fouquieria columnaris; Idria columnaris
Hypernyms ("Fouquieria columnaris" is a kind of...):
candlewood (any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light)
Holonyms ("Fouquieria columnaris" 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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