How to Use chayote in a Sentence

chayote

noun
  • The papayas were still green; chayotes and nopales would come soon.
    — Joe Mozingo, latimes.com, 4 June 2018
  • All parts of the chayote squash are edible, but most people eat the gourd (the fruit).
    — Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Pinterest users have fallen in love with recipes like this sautéed chayote and potatoes with mint and shallots.
    — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 16 Jan. 2019
  • There were stalls in the market selling bundles of cabbage, calabaza, chayote, onion, carrots and cilantro to make the stew.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2020
  • Or the Sea Salad with wakame, hijiki, chayote squash in hemp-miso vinaigrette.
    — Linda Bladholm, miamiherald, 5 Oct. 2017
  • The seed at the center of the chayote is perfectly edible and has a pleasantly nutty taste.
    — Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Small children sat outside of homes, selling steaming chayote and coffee and paper flowers.
    — Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Add the carrots, chayote and cabbage and simmer for another 5 minutes.
    — Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
  • To the empty pot, add the allspice, garlic, scallions, thyme, carrots, chayote, ginger, and potato and turn the heat to medium.
    — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Any edible plant that contains seeds is considered a fruit, so the chayote, which has one large seed at the center, is technically a fruit.
    — Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Balanced precariously on the stone ledge below are a chayote (or choko), a cantaloupe and a cucumber.
    — Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Step 5 Stir in the potatoes, chayotes, beans, salt, black pepper, and 2 cups of the reserved broth (save the remainder for other recipes).
    — Sandra A. Gutierrez, Saveur, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Tlayuda, a beloved Oaxacan street snack, gets bright textural counterpoints from radicchio and chayote.
    — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Other crops that won’t mind the summer heat and humidity include cherry tomatoes, southern peas, chayote squash, calabaza squash and sweet potatoes.
    — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 June 2017
  • The show lingers on excruciatingly beautiful close-ups of black truffle dim sum and chayote squash, then follows their creators into their messy homes and chaotic favorite markets.
    — Andrew R. Chow, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Today, the estate is flourishing, with almost four acres of plantains, breadfruit, coffee, cacao, grapefruit, avocado, and chayote squash, plus flocks of chickens and ducks.
    — Kathleen Squires, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2023
  • An impressive rack of lamb chops, although hard to separate without going into butcher mode, were seared and seasoned just right, with deep adobo mole, plantains and crisp Mexican chayote squash.
    — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Lobina Chilena comes pan-seared in an epazote beurre blanc with mini heirloom tomatoes dotted with fragrant chimichurri sauce and a garlicky mash of chayote, an edible plant in the gourd family.
    — Jessica Yadegaran, The Mercury News, 6 June 2017
  • Patrons can order shrimp served with a creamy sauce made with vanilla extract, a chayote squash soup with vanilla seeds, a vanilla liqueur drink called Papenteco Kiss and plantains flambéed with vanilla ice cream.
    — Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
  • This polished restaurant is best known for its lengthy wine list and steadfast dedication to sourcing local ingredients for each dish, with options like chayote salad, breadfruit gnocchi and duck mofongo all gracing the menu.
    — Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • There are a couple of warm plates, like a butterflied and grilled red snapper topped with red and green sauces and accompanied with black beans and arugula salad (market price) and a shrimp stew with chayote squash, epazote and warm tortillas ($19).
    — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025

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