English
Detailed Synonyms for water chestnut in English
water chestnut:
water chestnut [the ~] noun
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the water chestnut
– edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant 1 -
the water chestnut
– Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers 1the Eleocharis dulcis; the water chestnut; the Chinese water chestnut– Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers 1 -
the water chestnut
– a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits 1the caltrop; the water chestnut; the water chestnut plant– a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits 1