genus fouquieria

1. 1.

   resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year

   SynonymsFouquieria

   Broaderdilleniid dicot genus

   Part ofFouquieriaceae

Questions about genus fouquieria

What does genus fouquieria mean?

genus fouquieria means "resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year".

What is another word for genus fouquieria?

Close synonyms include Fouquieria. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus fouquieria a common word?

genus fouquieria is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.