Definition of coyotillo
: a shrub (Karwinskia humboldtiana) of the buckthorn family of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico having poisonous berries
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Origin and Etymology of coyotillo
Mexican Spanish, diminutive of coyote
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First Known Use: circa 1892
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