Pronunciation: ˌ k ī - ə - ' ti-( ˌ )l ō , ˌ ko ̇ i- ə -, - ' t ē -( ˌ )y ō
Function: noun
Etymology: Mexican Spanish, diminutive of coyote
Date: circa 1892
: a shrub ( Karwinskia humboldtiana ) of the buckthorn family of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico having poisonous berries