coachwhip

Noun coachwhip has 2 senses

• coachwhip(n = noun.plant) fouquieria splendens, jacob's staff, ocotillo, vine cactus - 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; Array
is a kind of candlewood
is a member of fouquieria, genus fouquieria

• coachwhip(n = noun.animal) coachwhip snake, masticophis flagellum - a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip; Array
is a kind of whip-snake, whip snake, whipsnake