[kal-uh-buh-zee-uh] 
| 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. |
| missouri gourd | |
noun | |
| perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit [syn: prairie gourd] |