coachwhip

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coachwhip - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  coachwhip
      n 1: 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 [syn:
           ocotillo, coachwhip, Jacob's staff, vine cactus,
           Fouquieria splendens]
      2: a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail
         resembles a braided whip [syn: coachwhip, coachwhip   snake
         , Masticophis flagellum]