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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A long whip used by the driver of a horse-drawn coach.
2. 2
   a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip wordnet
3. 3
   Masticophis flagellum, a colubrid snake of North America.
4. 4
   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 wordnet
5. 5
   Fouquieria splendens (ocotillo).

Synonyms

All synonyms

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Etymology

Compound of coach + whip

Related phrases

north america

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