wild pumpkin

noun

1. calabazilla.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wild pumpkin¹

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30

Example Sentences

Pumpkins have come a long way since then, as Indigenous American communities carefully adapted the wild pumpkin into successively bigger and better-tasting varieties.

From Salon

I used to go out on my pony to follow and watch the flock at feed, and wondered at their partiality for the bitter-tasting seeds of the wild pumpkin.

From Project Gutenberg