How to Use ocotillo in a Sentence
ocotillo
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Chambers is nurturing a small ocotillo.
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Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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Soon, the ocotillo forests of the desert will sprout green leaves, followed by the fiery red blossoms at the tips of their buggy whip-like branches.
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Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2026
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This includes all of the cacti, exotic plants like ocotillo, most of the trees such as ironwood, palo verde, mesquite and many smaller plants.
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Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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On a dirt road in Imperial County leading toward the Mexico border, the tracks of rare wild sheep press into dusty tire tracks, amid jumbled boulders and spindly ocotillo.
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Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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Starting amid towering saguaros and spindly ocotillos, and ending in a thriving aspen forest, these 27 miles connect scenic overlooks, a number of federally run public lands, a serene little mountain town, and much more.
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Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
10 May 2026
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Within minutes of leaving town, the pavement twists downward through tight turns and steep grades as the mountain air begins to warm, the vegetation giving way to chaparral and scattered juniper, then to the stark silhouettes of ocotillo and Mojave yucca.
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Josh Jackson,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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