'vegetable pear' definitions:

Definition of 'vegetable pear'

From: GCIDE
  • Chayote \Cha"yo"te\
  • 1. a tropical West Indian vine (Sechium edule) of the gourd family, which bears small white flowers and produces an edible fruit. [PJC]
  • 2. the edible fruit of the chayote[1] vine, having a pear shape with a furrowed skin, and usually green or white. It is also called choyote, christophene, mirliton, and vegetable pear [PJC]