Sechium edule

Translingual

Sechium edule fruit

Proper noun

Sechium edule n

1. A taxonomic species within the family Cucurbitaceae – chayote, a food plant originating in Central America, now cultivated worldwide in suitable climates.

Hypernyms

• (species): Cucurbitales - order; Cucurbitaceae - family; Cucurbitoideae - subfamily; Sicyeae - tribe; Sicyinae - subtribe; Sechium - genus

Hyponyms

• (species): Sechium edule subsp. edule, Sechium edule subsp. sylvestre - subspecies

References

• Sechium edule on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sechium edule on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sechium edule on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sechium edule at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Sechium edule at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Sechium edule at USDA Plants database
• Sechium edule at Tropicos
• Sechium edule at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Sechium+edule at The Plant List