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Answer for the clue "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 ", 9 letters:
coachwhip

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Coachwhip is a fictional character , a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . She first appeared in Captain America #341 (May 1988), created by writer Mark Gruenwald and artist Kieron Dwyer . She has been depicted most ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A long whip used by the driver of a horse-drawn coach. 2 (taxlink Masticophis flagellum species noshow=1), a colubrid snake of North America.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 , Jacob's staff , vine cactus , Fouquieria splendens ] a whipsnake of southern ...

Usage examples of coachwhip.

She walked into the woods with the coachwhip, using its long butt as a feeler in the dark.

Wind was in my teeth, and the Clock ran down, and the Dog made off with me Coachwhip, but this, Trent, this begins to approach the truly maddening.

I've heard the lead horse went insane, I've heard the Wife she's not so clivvor this se'ennight, I've heard, the Wind was in my teeth, and the Clock ran down, and the Dog made off with me Coachwhip, but this, Trent, this begins to approach the truly maddening.