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15 Nouns That End With ILLO

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armadillo (noun) burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates
blanquillo (noun) important marine food fishes Synonyms: tilefish
caimitillo (noun) tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit Synonyms: Chrysophyllum oliviforme, damson plum, satin leaf, satinleaf
cigarillo (noun) small cigar or cigarette wrapped in tobacco instead of paper
coloradillo (noun) handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil Synonyms: Hamelia erecta, Hamelia patens, scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia
frijolillo (noun) shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans Synonyms: coral bean, frijolito, mescal bean, Sophora secundiflora
granadillo (noun) West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony Synonyms: Brya ebenus, granadilla tree
jaboncillo (noun) evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans Synonyms: China tree, chinaberry, false dogwood, Sapindus saponaria
mamoncillo (noun) tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp Synonyms: genip, ginep, honey berry, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree
ocotillo (noun) desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers Synonyms: coachwhip, Fouquieria splendens, Jacob's staff, vine cactus
peccadillo (noun) a petty misdeed Synonyms: indiscretion
tamarillo (noun) South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato Synonyms: tree tomato
tomatillo (noun) small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk Synonyms: husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato
(noun) annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes Synonyms: jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa
(noun) Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes Synonyms: jamberry, miltomate, Physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry
tornillo (noun) shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods Synonyms: Prosopis pubescens, screw bean, screwbean, screwbean mesquite
trompillo (noun) weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America Synonyms: prairie berry, purple nightshade, silver-leaved nettle, silver-leaved nightshade, silverleaf nightshade, Solanum elaeagnifolium, white horse nettle

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