Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun coachwhip

2 senses of coachwhip

Sense 1
ocotillo, coachwhip, Jacob's staff, vine cactus, Fouquieria splendens -- (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)
       => candlewood -- (any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light)

Sense 2
coachwhip, coachwhip snake, Masticophis flagellum -- (a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip)
       => whip-snake, whip snake, whipsnake -- (any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails)