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coachwhip

(ˈkəʊtʃˌwɪp)

1. a coachwhip snake

2. (Plants) a desert plant found in USA and Mexico

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Noun	1.	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 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 Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip coachwhip snake, Masticophis flagellum whip snake, whipsnake, whip-snake - any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails

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