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coachwhip

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Noun1.coachwhip - 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 flowerscoachwhip - 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
Fouquieria splendens, Jacob's staff, ocotillo, vine cactus
candlewood - any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light
Fouquieria, genus Fouquieria - resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year
2.coachwhip - a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexicocoachwhip - a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip
coachwhip snake, Masticophis flagellum
whip snake, whip-snake, whipsnake - any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails
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Beste Santa Fe Year of the snake This year there seems to be a bumper crop of bull snakes, rat snakes, smooth green snakes, rattlesnakes (Western Diamondbacks and Prairie Rattlers up here in the north), garter snakes, red racers, coachwhips.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
Other names include Candlewood, Slimwood, Coachwhip, Vine Cactus, Flamingsword, or Jacob's Staff.
Bookmarking our perceptions by Maas, David F. / ETC.: A Review of General Semantics
Inside is a record of when Johnny Thunders came to town, Spot #58 in the loser's guide to San Diego (which happens to be the sporting goods store where the Menendez brothers bought the shotguns they used to kill their parents), a reprinting of a warning pamphlet that purports to explain "youth sub-cultures," an interview with the Coachwhips, a guide to the 15 shootings by the San Diego Police Department for 2002, road trips, record reviews, etc.
Zine thing by Thrasher
 
 
 
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