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Pronunciation: chI-'yO-tE, chE-, -(")tA
Function: noun
Etymology: Spanish, from Nahuatl chayohtli
Date: 1887
: the pear-shaped fruit of a West Indian annual vine (Sechium edule) of the
gourd family that is widely cultivated as a vegetable; also : the plant --
called also mirliton

Jim

"Steve Wertz" wrote in message
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I was reading a book written in the UK, that says the proper
pronunciatio of chayote squash (isn't it technically a gourd?) is
"chow-chow". Huh? How do you get "chow-chow" from "chayote".

How do you pronouce chayote? I always just said 'coyote' (as in the
dog), but without the ending 'e' sound. But then again, I've probably
never said it while around anyone who knew how it was pronounced (or
knew what I was really talking about).

-sw