Name given in Mexico to an edible root (from chayote). The word has Nahuatl origin and means below the chayote or below the chayote. Root of the chayote or chayotera, which is an edible root plant, whose scientific name is Sechium edule. In Colombia we call it cidra or guatila. We also call her a poor man's potato. But we do not consume the root, but its fruit.
