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calabazilla

[ kal-uh-buh-zee-uh ]

noun

  1. 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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of calabazilla1

1880–85, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish calabacilla < Spanish: squirting cucumber, diminutive of calabaza; calabash

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