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COACHWHIP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip
Synonyms:
coachwhip; coachwhip snake; Masticophis flagellum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("coachwhip" is a kind of...):
whip-snake; whip snake; whipsnake (any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers
Synonyms:
coachwhip; Fouquieria splendens; Jacob's staff; ocotillo; vine cactus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("coachwhip" is a kind of...):
candlewood (any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light)
Holonyms ("coachwhip" is a member of...):
Fouquieria; genus Fouquieria (resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year)
