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Sechium
Se′chi-um
,Noun.
[NL.: cf. F.
séchion
; perhaps formed fr. Gr. [GREEK] cucumber.] (Bot.)
The edible fruit of a West Indian plant (
Sechium edule
) of the Gourd family. It is soft, pear-shaped, and about four inches long, and contains a single large seed. The root of the plant resembles a yam, and is used for food. Definition 2024
Sechium
Sechium
Translingual
Proper noun
Sechium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – gourds including the chayote.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Cucurbitales - order; Cucurbitaceae - family; Cucurbitoideae - subfamily; Sicyeae - tribe; Sicyinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Sechium edule - type species; Sechium chinantlense, Sechium compositum, Sechium hintonii, Sechium mexicanum - subspecies