[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hautboy \haut"boy\ h=o"boi, n. f. hautbois, lit., high
   wood; haut high + bois wood. so called on account of its high
   tone. see haughty, bush; and cf. oboe.
   1. mus. a wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and
      similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone.
      now more commonly called oboe. see illust. of oboe.
      1913 webster

   2. bot. a sort of strawberry fragaria elatior.
      1913 webster
see also:
haughty bush oboe oboe fragaria elatior 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

oboe \o"boe\, n. it., fr. f. hautbois. see hautboy. mus.
   one of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra,
   yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality
   of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more
   slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.
   1913 webster

   oboe d'amore it., lit., oboe of love, and oboe di
   caccia it., lit., oboe of the chase, are names of obsolete
      modifications of the oboe, often found in the scores of
      bach and handel.
      1913 webster
see also:
hautboy oboe d'amore oboe di caccia 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

oboe
     n : a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical
         bore and a double-reed mouthpiece syn: hautboy, hautbois
see also:
hautboy hautbois 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

105 moby thesaurus words for "oboe":
   english horn, pandean pipe, aulos, basset horn, basset oboe,
   bassoon, block flute, bombard, bourdon, cello, claribel, clarinet,
   clarion, concert flute, contrabassoon, contrafagotto, cornet,
   cornopean, cromorna, cromorne, cymbel, diapason, double bassoon,
   double reed, dulciana, fife, fipple flute, flageolet, flute,
   flute stop, foundation stop, fourniture, gamba, gedeckt, gemshorn,
   harmonic flute, hautboy, heckelphone, hornpipe, hybrid stop,
   koppel flute, larigot, licorice stick, melodia, mixture, musette,
   mutation stop, nazard, oaten reed, oboe da caccia, ocarina, octave,
   organ stop, panpipe, penny-whistle, piccolo, pipe, plein jeu,
   pommer, posaune, principal, quint, quintaten, rank, ranket,
   recorder, reed, reed instrument, reed stop, register, rohr flute,
   sax, saxophone, sesquialtera, shawm, single reed,
   single-reed instrument, sonorophone, spitz flute, stop,
   stopped diapason, stopped flute, string diapason, string stop,
   sweet potato, syrinx, tabor pipe, tenoroon, tierce, tin-whistle,
   tremolo, trombone, trumpet, twelfth, unda maris, vibrato, viola,
   voix celeste, vox angelica, vox humana, whistle, woods, woodwind,
   woodwind choir, woodwind instrument

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