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



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