| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| alcades | (in Spain and Southwestern U.S.) mayor having judicial powers |
| alcade | (in Spain and Southwestern U.S.) mayor having judicial powers |
| candelilla | shrub, Euphorbia antisyphilitica, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, that is the source of a wax (candelilla wax) having various commercial uses |
| cholla | any of several spiny treelike cacti belonging to the genus Opuntia, esp. O. fulgida of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having knobby outgrowths and yellow spines |
| ocotillos | spiny, woody shrub, Fouqueria splendens, of arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a tight cluster of red flowers at the tip of each branch |
