coyotillo

noun

coyotillo

noun

Etymology From Spanish coyotillo; diminutive of coyote, which is able to eat its poisonous fruit without harm.

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A low rhamnaceous shrub (Karwinskia humboldtiana) of the southwestern United States and Mexico, with poisonous berries.

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