On my island, this pear-shaped, green vegetable/fruit is called chocho. What is the name for it in your language/dialect?
chocho (fruit)
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In Greek “Chayote” (Sechium edule) is known as "σαγιότ" [sa'jot], as I found on internet.
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Czech:
sladkojam jedlý (Sechium edule), (sladký = sweet, jedlý = edible), also known as čajot ['t͡ʃajot] < English chayote < Nahuatl word chayohtli (pronounced [t͡ʃaˈjoʔt͡ɬi]);
sladkojam jedlý (Sechium edule), (sladký = sweet, jedlý = edible), also known as čajot ['t͡ʃajot] < English chayote < Nahuatl word chayohtli (pronounced [t͡ʃaˈjoʔt͡ɬi]);
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I'd say that chayote is, overall, the most common name in Spanish but it has tons of them. You can find a list at point 5 of Sechium edule - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre.
I don't think there is one name in US English either. In Caribbean restaurants in the US they call it chocho. The first time I saw it, I confused it with the term in Spanish which is a sugary hard cookie. This one is neither sugary nor hard. Mirleton is used as an ingredient in southern cuisine and it appears to be the same fruit/vegetable. I also wouldn't be surprised if they called it Chayote too in some places. The problem with so many terms is that this fruit/vegetable hasn't caught on except locally in some communities and so most people don't know what it is.
I've never seen it in its raw form, come to think of it, as it's mostly used to make soup (together with carrots and sweet corn) in Cantonese cuisine. It's known as hap6zoeng2gwaa1 合掌瓜 "joining-palms-squash", with "joining palms" referring to the "namaste gesture".
In French it is Chayote.
Haitian Creole: Militon
