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Sechium_edule
Sechium edule
Translingual
Sechium edule fruit
Proper noun
- A taxonomic species within the family Cucurbitaceae – chayote, a food plant originating in Central America, now cultivated worldwide in suitable climates.
Hypernyms
- (species): Cucurbitaceae - family; Cucurbitoideae - subfamily; Sicyeae - tribe; Sicyinae - subtribe; Sechium - genus
Hyponyms
- (species): Sechium edule subsp. edule, Sechium edule subsp. sylvestre - subspecies