[syn: wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wahoo \Wa*hoo"\, n.
A dark blue scombroid food fish (Acanthocibium solandri or
Acanthocibium petus) of Florida and the West Indies.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wahoo \Wa*hoo"\, n.
Any of various American trees or shrubs; specif.:
(a) A certain shrub (Evonymus atropurpureus) having purple
capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet-ariled
seeds; -- called also burning bush.
(b) Cascara buckthorn.
(c) Basswood.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wahoo
n 1: upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the
eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas
[syn: strawberry bush, wahoo, Euonymus americanus]
2: deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet
seeds [syn: wahoo, burning bush, Euonymus
atropurpureus]
3: large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found
worldwide [syn: wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri]