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Water chestnut   /wˈɔtər tʃˈɛsnˌət/   Listen
Water chestnut

noun
1.
A plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits.  Synonyms: caltrop, water chestnut plant.
2.
Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers.  Synonyms: Chinese water chestnut, Eleocharis dulcis.
3.
Edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant.





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Words linked to "Water chestnut" :   tuber, hydrophyte, Jesuits' nut, water caltrop, Trapa natans, hydrophytic plant, ling ko, genus Trapa, spike rush, Trapa, Eleocharis dulcis, aquatic plant, water chestnut plant, ling, Trapa bicornis, water plant


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