Noun: cirio
- Candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers
"The bizarre cirio stood like a giant candle in the desert";
- boojum tree, Fouquieria columnaris, Idria columnaris
Derived forms: cirios
Type of: candlewood
Part of: Fouquieria, genus Fouquieria
Encyclopedia: Cirio