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Webster 1913 Edition
Sechium
Se′chi-um
,Noun.
[NL.: cf. F.
séchion
; perhaps formed fr. Gr. [GREEK] cucumber.] (Bot.)
The edible fruit of a West Indian plant (
Sechium edule
) of the Gourd family. It is soft, pear-shaped, and about four inches long, and contains a single large seed. The root of the plant resembles a yam, and is used for food.