Meanings
nounchayote (countable and uncountable, plural chayotes)
plural chayotes
- countableuncountableSicyos edulis, a tropical American perennial herbaceous vine having tendrils, tuberous roots, and a green, pear-shaped fruit cooked as a vegetable.
Synonyms: mirliton
- countableuncountableThe fruit of this plant.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSicyos edulis, a tropical American perennial herbaceous vine having tendrils, tuberous roots, and a green, pear-shaped fruit cooked as a vegetable.
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Origin
- Classical Nahuatlchayohtli
- Spanishchayote
- Englishchayote
From Spanish chayote, from Classical Nahuatl chayohtli.
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Arabic شَايُوت
- شَايُوت (šāyūt)fruit
Bulgarian чайот, чучу
- чайот (čajot)plant
- чучу (čuču)plant
- мексиканска краставица (meksikanska krastavica)plant
Catalan sequi, xaiot
- sequiplant
- xaiotfruit
- xaiotafruit
- sequifruit
Chinese Cantonese 合掌瓜, 佛手瓜
- 合掌瓜 (hap⁶ zoeng² gwaa¹)fruit
- 佛手瓜 (fat⁶ sau² gwaa¹)fruit
Chinese Mandarin 佛手瓜, 合掌瓜
- 佛手瓜 (fóshǒuguā)fruit
- 合掌瓜 (hézhǎngguā)fruit
- 合手瓜 (héshǒuguā)fruit
- 香櫞瓜 /香橼瓜 (xiāngyuánguā)fruit
- 佛手 (fóshǒu)fruit
- 隼人瓜 (sǔnrénguā, zhǔnrénguā)fruit
Finnish kajottikurpitsa, kajottikurpitsa
- kajottikurpitsaplant
- kajottikurpitsafruit
French chayotte, christophine
- chayotteplant
- christophineplant
- (Réunion) chouchouplant
- séchionplant
- chayottefruit
- christophinefruit
- (Réunion) chouchoufruit
- séchionfruit
German Stachelgurke, Chayote
- Stachelgurkeplant
- Chayoteplant
- Chayotefruit
- Stachelgurkefruit
Greek τσακάλι
- τσακάλι (tsakáli)fruit
Indonesian labu siam, labu jepang
- labu siamfruit
- labu jepangfruit
- labufruit
- waluhfruit
Japanese ハヤトウリ, チャヨテ
- ハヤトウリ (hayatouri)fruit
- チャヨテ (chayote)fruit
Korean 차요테
- 차요테 (chayote)fruit
Persian چایوت
- چایوت (čâyut)fruit
Polish kolczoch, kolczoch
- kolczochplant
- kolczochfruit
Portuguese chuchuzeiro, pé-de-chuchu
- chuchuzeiroplant
- pé-de-chuchuplant
- chuchufruit
- machuchofruit
- caiotafruit
- pimpinelafruit
Russian чайо́т, чайо́т
- чайо́т (čajót)plant
- чайо́т (čajót)fruit
Spanish chayotera, chayote
- chayoteraplant
- chayotefruit
- tayotafruit
Swedish pärongurka
- pärongurkafruit
Tagalog sayote
- sayotefruit
Tamil சௌசௌ
- சௌசௌ (caucau)fruit
Thai ฟักแม้ว, ซายองเต้
- ฟักแม้ว (fák-mɛ́ɛo)fruit
- ซายองเต้ (saa-yɔɔng-dtêe)fruit
Turkish diken kabağı, diken kabağı
- diken kabağıplant
- diken kabağıfruit
Vietnamese su su, su le
- su suplant
- su leplant
- su sufruit
- su lefruit
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APA
chayote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chayote
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“chayote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chayote. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chayote,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chayote.
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