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.

 

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Wa*hoo", n.

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

 

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