chayote Synonyms
Another word for chayote
• noun (Context 1)
The pear-shaped, furrowed, light-green fruit of the vine Sechium edule, having crisp, mild-flavored flesh that is widely prepared and eaten as a culinary vegetable.
"She diced the peeled mirliton and added it to the simmering chicken soup along with carrots and potatoes."
• noun (Context 2)
A vigorous, perennial climbing vine (Sechium edule) in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, native to Mesoamerica and cultivated in warm regions worldwide for its edible fruits, tubers, and young shoots.
"The fast-growing mirliton vine quickly covered the garden trellis with its broad, heart-shaped leaves and curling tendrils."
• noun (Context 3)
Botanically, the single-seeded, fleshy pepo or gourd fruit produced by the vine Sechium edule, characterized by a central flat pit that germinates inside the mature fruit.
"Unlike most other gourds that contain dozens of seeds, the mirliton fruit encloses only a single large, soft seed at its center."