trompillo
noun
trom·pi·llo
trämˈpē(ˌ)(y)ō
plural -s
: a weedy nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium) ranging from the central U.S. to South America with silvery foliage, violet, blue, or white flowers, and a roundish berry widely used by the natives to curdle milk
called also prairie berry, purple nightshade, silverleaf nightshade
Word History
Etymology
Spanish, probably diminutive of trompa horn, trumpet, nozzle, probably of Germanic origin like Italian tromba trumpet