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☆ 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

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