coyotillo

[koi-uh-til-oh; Spanish kaw-yaw-tee-yaw]

noun, plural coy·o·til·los [koi-uh-til-ohz; Spanish kaw-yaw-tee-yaws] /ˌkɔɪ əˈtɪl oʊz; Spanish ˌkɔ yɔˈti yɔs/.

a poisonous shrub with black berries, Karwinskia humboldtiana, of the buckthorn family, found in Mexico and the southwestern U.S.

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British Dictionary definitions for coyotillo

coyotillo

noun plural -los

a thorny poisonous rhamnaceous shrub, Karwinskia humboldtiana of Mexico and the southwestern US, the berries of which cause paralysis

Word Origin for coyotillo

Mexican Spanish, literally: a little coyote

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