WATER CHESTNUT


Meaning of WATER CHESTNUT in English

noun

1.

a. : a plant of the genus Trapa (especially T. natans and T. bicornis )

b. : the edible nutlike spiny-angled fruit of a water chestnut

2.

a. : a Chinese sedge ( Eleocharis tuberosa )

b. : the edible tuber of this sedge

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