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CIRIO
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers
Synonyms:
boojum tree; cirio; Fouquieria columnaris; Idria columnaris
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cirio" is a kind of...):
candlewood (any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light)
Holonyms ("cirio" 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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