water chestnut
any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, especially T. natans, of the Old World.
the fruit itself.
Origin of water chestnut
1- Also called water caltrop.
Words Nearby water chestnut
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How to use water chestnut in a sentence
Once I was as full of romance as a water-chestnut is of starch.
Parrot & Co. | Harold MacGrathShe seemed to have the texture of the water chestnut and the lush, fat vegetables of the spring.
The "Genius" | Theodore Dreiser
British Dictionary definitions for water chestnut
Also called: water caltrop a floating aquatic onagraceous plant, Trapa natans, of Asia, having four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
Chinese water chestnut a Chinese cyperaceous plant, Eleocharis tuberosa, with an edible succulent corm
the corm of the Chinese water chestnut, used in Oriental cookery
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