11 October 2018

chayote

[chahy-oh-tee]

noun

1. a tropical American vine, Sechium edule, of the gourd family, having triangular leaves and small, white flowers.
2. the green or white, furrowed, usually pear-shaped, edible fruit of this plant.

Also, choyote.

Also called christophene, mirliton, vegetable pear.

Origin of chayote

Mexican Spanish Nahuat

1885-1890, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl chayohtli

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Historical Examples

The chayote was not cultivated in Cayenne ten years ago.1353 Nothing indicates an ancient cultivation in Brazil.
Origin of Cultivated Plants
Alphonse De Candolle

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You can’t forgive without loving. And I don’t mean sentimentality. I don’t mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, ‘I forgive. I’m finished with it.’

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