English Explanatory Dictionary

water chestnut

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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).

Pronunciation

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Word forms

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