Etymology

chilacayote

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Today it means: Any member of the species Cucurbita ficifolia of squashes native to and domesticated in the New World, cultivated worldwide in warm climates. Full definition →

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The story

From Classical Nahuatl; see below.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.