'coachwhip' definitions:

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]

A whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip [syn: coachwhip, coachwhip snake, Masticophis flagellum]