WAHOO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wahoo mean? 

• WAHOO (noun)
  The noun WAHOO has 3 senses:

1. upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas

2. deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds

3. large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide

  Familiarity information: WAHOO used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAHOO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Euonymus americanus; strawberry bush; wahoo

Hypernyms ("wahoo" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("wahoo" is a member of...):

Euonymus; genus Euonymus (widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

burning bush; Euonymus atropurpureus; wahoo

Hypernyms ("wahoo" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("wahoo" is a member of...):

Euonymus; genus Euonymus (widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Acanthocybium solandri; wahoo

Hypernyms ("wahoo" is a kind of...):

mackerel (any of various fishes of the family Scombridae)

Holonyms ("wahoo" is a member of...):

Acanthocybium; genus Acanthocybium (wahoos)