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chayote (chee-YOH-tay, chay-YOH-tee) - n., a tropical American perennial vine (Sechium edule) with tuberous roots and an edible pear-shaped fruit; the fruit eaten as a vegitable.
The tuber and stems are also edible, but not as commonly eaten. Native to Mexico but now cultivated throughout Latin America and Asia. Also called mirliton (southern US), choko (Australia), and christophene (?) -- in Chinese, fóshǒuguā or Buddha hand melon. The name above is an Americanism from Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl chayohtli.
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The tuber and stems are also edible, but not as commonly eaten. Native to Mexico but now cultivated throughout Latin America and Asia. Also called mirliton (southern US), choko (Australia), and christophene (?) -- in Chinese, fóshǒuguā or Buddha hand melon. The name above is an Americanism from Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl chayohtli.
Thanks, WikiMedia!
And that wraps up another week of WTFWWF -- next week will be another of the Regular Mix.
---L.
