calabazilla
[ kal-uh-buh-zee-uh ]
noun
a prostrate vine, Cucurbita foetidissima, of the gourd family, native to southwestern North America, having yellow flowers, round, inedible green and yellow fruit, and an unpleasant odor.
Origin of calabazilla
11880–85, Americanism;<Mexican Spanish calabacilla<Spanish: squirting cucumber, diminutive of calabaza;see calabash
- Also called mock orange, Missouri gourd, wild pumpkin.
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