calabazilla


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Related to calabazilla: Cucurbita foetidissima
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Noun1.calabazilla - perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruitcalabazilla - perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit
gourd vine, gourd - any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
Cucurbita, genus Cucurbita - type genus of the Cucurbitaceae
prairie gourd - small hard green-and-white inedible fruit of the prairie gourd plant
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* wild watermelon calabazilla, buffalo Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth.
It also goes by such local names as coyote melon and calabazilla. This is an obvious relative of squash and pumpkins.