Free translatorFree translator
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Wahoo   /wəhˈu/  /wˈɑhˈu/   Listen
noun
Wahoo  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.


Wahoo  n.  A dark blue scombroid food fish (Acanthocibium solandri or Acanthocibium petus) of Florida and the West Indies.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Wahoo" Quotes from Famous Books



... of which I have formerly spoken, arrived here lately from Wahoo, one of the Sandwich Islands, which possesses the advantage of a British consul. The pacific disposition and orderly government of the natives do not require a British garrison, or any war-like force; and of the excellent effects produced by this representation of our Government ...
— A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827 • Augustus Earle


Copyright © 2024 Free Translator.org