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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cal•a•ba•zil•la (kal′ə bə zē′ə),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologya 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. Also called mock orange, Missouri gourd, wild pumpkin.
- Spanish: squirting cucumber, diminutive of calabaza; see calabash
- Mexican Spanish calabacilla
- 1880–85, American.
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