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}]