chayote
/tʃɑːˈjəʊteɪ/noun
1
- a succulent green pear-shaped tropical fruit which resembles cucumber in flavour佛手瓜。
2
- the tropical American vine which yields this fruit, also producing an edible yam-like tuberous root佛手瓜植物（植物）。
2.1
- Sechium edule, family Cucurbitaceae.拉丁名Sechium edule,葫芦科。
词源
late 19th cent.: from Spanish， from Nahuatl chayotli.