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Water chestnut
Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis), grown for its edible corm, used in Asian cooking.
📖 Definitions of "Water chestnut"
noun
- 1
Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis), grown for its edible corm, used in Asian cooking.
- 2
A corm of a plant of this species.
- 3
A water caltrop (Trapa natans).
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Water chestnut"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| chinese water chestnutnoun | Eleocharis dulcis, an aquatic sedge. |
| caltropnoun | (weaponry) A metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heraldic charge). |
| eleocharis dulcis | Eleocharis dulcis, the Chinese water chestnut or water chestnut, is a grass-like sedge native to Asia, tropical Africa, and Oceania. |
| water chestnut plantnoun | a plant of the genus trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits |
| apulidnoun | The water chestnut |
| sweet chestnutnoun | The edible nuts of this tree. |
| chestnutnoun | (countable) An edible nut (technically a fruit) of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a nut from a related shrub or tree; or a similar nut from an unrelated plant. |
| water caltropnoun | An East Asian water plant, of species Trapa bicornis, with a horn-like nut. |
| water-cressnoun | Alternative form of watercress. [A perennial European herb, Nasturtium officinale, that grows in freshwater streams; used in salads and as a garnish.] |
| watercressnoun | A perennial European herb, Nasturtium officinale, that grows in freshwater streams; used in salads and as a garnish. |
| heartnutnoun | The edible seed of a Japanese species of walnut, Juglans ailantifolia. |
| yellowhornnoun | Xanthoceras sorbifolium, the Chinese flowering chestnut. |
| korean chestnutnoun | Synonym of Japanese chestnut. |
| horse-chestnutnoun | Alternative spelling of horse chestnut. [Any of several tree species of genus Aesculus, especially Aesculus hippocastanum, common in temperate northern hemisphere.] |
| horse chestnutnoun | The large nutlike seed of these trees. |
| bat nutnoun | A nut of water caltrop (Trapa bicornis) or a plant of the species. |
| chesnutnoun | A surname. |
| water cabbagenoun | A floating aquatic plant, Pistia stratioides, with green rosettes of leaves and inconspicuous flowers. |
| japanese chestnutnoun | Castanea crenata, a chestnut native to Japan and Korea. |
| rush nutnoun | The plant Cyperus esculentus, having edible tubers. |
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