coachwhip

1. 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

   SynonymsocotilloJacob's staffvine cactusFouquieria splendens

   Broadercandlewood

   Part ofFouquieria
2. 2.

   a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip

   Synonymscoachwhip snakeMasticophis flagellum

   Broaderwhip-snake

Other forms of coachwhip

plural

coachwhips·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coachwhip

What does coachwhip mean?

coachwhip means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in coachwhip?

coachwhip has 3 syllables: co-ach-whip. The stress falls on "co".

What is another word for coachwhip?

Close synonyms include ocotillo, Jacob's staff, vine cactus, Fouquieria splendens, coachwhip snake. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coachwhip a common word?

coachwhip is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.