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
buffalo gourd, Cucurbita foetidissima, Missouri gourd, prairie gourd vine, wild pumpkin, prairie gourd
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.
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It also goes by such local names as coyote melon and calabazilla. This is an obvious relative of squash and pumpkins.
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