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


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