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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the candlewood of Mexico and couthwestern California (
Idria columnaris orFouquieria columnaris ), having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers; -- called also theboojum tree .
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- noun candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers
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Once there, they decided to build a beach hut from long gangly pieces of cirio cactus, interweaving the lengths to create a framework.
In the Shadow of the Volcano: One Family's Baja Adventure by Michael Humfreville 2006
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Once there, they decided to build a beach hut from long gangly pieces of cirio cactus, interweaving the lengths to create a framework.
In the Shadow of the Volcano: One Family's Baja Adventure by Michael Humfreville 2006
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There often remains nothing of the whole spectacle but a white, delicate cloud with feathery edges, or divided at equal distances into small roundish groups like cirio-cumuli.
COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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hernesheir commented on the word cirio
One example sentence suggests cirio is a cactus. This is incorrect. Neither of the desert species cited in the definition are in the cactus family.
January 3, 2012