Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Chayote

Chayote

1.
a tropical West Indian vine (Sechium edule) of the gourd family, which bears small white flowers and produces an edible fruit.
2.
the edible fruit of the chayote vine, having a pear shape with a furrowed skin, and usually green or white. It is also called choyote, christophene, mirliton, and vegetable pear