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chayote definition

☆ cha·yote (c̸hä yōt′ā, -ē)

noun

a tropical American perennial vine (Sechium edule) of the gourd family, grown for its edible, fleshy, pear-shaped, single-seeded fruit

Etymology: Sp < Nahuatl čayoʾλi

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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