WATER CHESTNUT

Meaning of WATER CHESTNUT in English

1. any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, esp. T. natans, of the Old World.

2. the fruit itself. Also called water caltrop .

[ 1850-55 ]

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WATER CHESTNUT — noun Date: 1854 any of a genus ( Trapa, especially T. natans of the family Trapaceae, the water-chestnut family) of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WATER CHESTNUT — Any of several perennial water plants of the genus Trapa (family Trapaceae), native to Europe, Asia, and Africa, or their …
Английский словарь Британика
WATER CHESTNUT — noun 1. a. : a plant of the genus Trapa (especially T. natans and T. bicornis ) b. : the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WATER CHESTNUT — () The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several …
Английский словарь Webster
WATER CHESTNUT — The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WATER CHESTNUT — Date: 1854 1. : any of a genus ( Trapa, especially T. natans of the family Trapaceae, the water-chestnut family) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WATER CHESTNUT — the fruit of trapa natans and trapa bicornis, old world water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard …
Webster English vocab
WATER CHESTNUT — Function: noun Date: 1854 1 : any of a genus ( Trapa, especially T. natans of the family Trapaceae, the …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WATER CHESTNUT — ■ noun 1》 the crisp white-fleshed tuber of a tropical aquatic sedge, used in oriental cookery. ↘the sedge which yields …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WATER CHESTNUT — [water chestnut] n (1854) 1: any of a genus (Trapa and esp. T. natans of the family Trapaceae, the water-chestnut …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WATER CHESTNUT — any of several perennial water plants of the genus Trapa (family Trapaceae, order Myrtales), native to Europe, Asia, and Africa. …
Britannica English vocabulary
WATER CHESTNUT — noun the thick round white root of a tropical plant that grows in water, often used in Chinese cooking
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WATER CHESTNUT — ˈwater ˌchestnut BrE AmE noun [countable] the thick stem of a plant that grows in water, used in Chinese cooking
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WATER CHESTNUT — ( water chestnuts) A water chestnut is the thick bottom part of the stem of a plant which grows in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WATER CHESTNUT — (~s) A ~ is the thick bottom part of the stem of a plant which grows in China. It is …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WATER CHESTNUT — Any of several perennial water plants of the genus Trapa (family Trapaceae), native to Europe, Asia, and Africa, or their …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WATER — I Inorganic compound composed of hydrogen and oxygen (H 2 O), existing in liquid , gas ( steam , water …
Английский словарь Британика
CHESTNUT — I Any of four species of deciduous ornamental and timber trees of the genus Castanea , in the beech family. …
Английский словарь Британика
WATER — I. ˈwȯ]d.ə(r), ˈwä], ]tə(r)\ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wæter; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — I. ˈches(ˌ)nət, usu -əd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: earlier chesten nut, from Middle English chesten, chesteine, chasteine, from Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — (a.) Of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.
Английский словарь Webster
CHESTNUT — (n.) The horse chestnut (often so used in England).
Английский словарь Webster
CHESTNUT — ( a. ) Of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WATER — — waterer , n. — waterless , adj. — waterlessly , adv. — waterlessness , n. — waterlike , adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — — chestnutty , adj. /ches"nut', -neuht/ , n. 1. any of the several deciduous trees constituting the genus Castanea, of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — n. type of tree; horse chestnut (nut from the chestnut tree); reddish-brown horse
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WATER — I. ˈwȯ-tər, ˈwä- noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wæter; akin to Old High German wazzar …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHESTNUT — I. ˈches(t)-(ˌ)nət noun Etymology: Middle English chasteine, chesten chestnut tree, from Anglo-French chastein, chestain, from Latin castanea, from Greek kastanea …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WATER — vi to get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water. 2. water ·noun any liquid …
Webster English vocab
CHESTNUT — noun an old joke or story. 2. chestnut ·noun a bright brown color, like that of the nut. 3. chestnut …
Webster English vocab
CHESTNUT — [chest.nut] n [ME chasteine, chesten chestnut tree, fr. MF chastaigne, fr. L castanea, fr. Gk kastanea] (14c) 1 a: any …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WATER — a substance composed of the chemical elements hydrogen and oxygen and existing in gaseous, liquid, and solid states. Water is …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHESTNUT — any of four species of deciduous ornamental and timber trees of the genus Castanea in the beech family (Fagaceae), native …
Britannica English vocabulary
WATER — water BrE AmE ˈwɔːt ə AmE ˈwɔːt̬ ə r ˈwɑːt̬- ▷ water|ed d ▷ watering ˈwɔːt‿ ə r ɪŋ AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — chestnut, C\~ BrE AmE ˈtʃes nʌt ˈtʃest- ▷ chestnut|s s ▶ ˈ chestnut tree BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WATER
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — / ˈtʃesnʌt; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun 1. (also ˈchestnut tree ) [ C ] a large tree …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WATER — I. wa ‧ ter 1 S1 W1 /ˈwɔːtə $ ˈwɒːtər, ˈwɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: adjective : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHESTNUT — I. chest ‧ nut 1 /ˈtʃesnʌt/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: chesten 'chestnut tree' (14-17 centuries) (from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WATER — n. & v. --n. 1 a colourless transparent odourless tasteless liquid compound of oxygen and hydrogen. °Chem. formula: H[2]O. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHESTNUT — n. & adj. --n. 1 a a glossy hard brown edible nut. b the tree Castanea sativa, bearing flowers in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WATER — n. & v. n. 1 a colourless transparent odourless tasteless liquid compound of oxygen and hydrogen. °Chem. formula: H [ …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — n. & adj. n. 1 a a glossy hard brown edible nut. b the tree Castanea sativa, bearing flowers in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WATER — n. & v. --n. 1. a colourless transparent odourless tasteless liquid compound of oxygen and hydrogen. Usage: Chem. formula: H2O …
Oxford English vocab
CHESTNUT — n. & adj. --n. 1. a a glossy hard brown edible nut. b the tree Castanea sativa, bearing flowers in …
Oxford English vocab
WATER — ( waters, watering, watered) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Water is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — ( chestnuts) 1. A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves. N-COUNT see also horse chestnut …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WATER
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHESTNUT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES chestnut brown (= a red-brown colour ) ▪ a beautiful chestnut brown horse chestnut …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WATER — [noun] [U] - a clear liquid, without colour or taste, which falls from the sky as rain and is necessary …
Cambridge English vocab
CHESTNUT — [adjective]Chestnut is a deep reddish-brown colour.Her hair was cut in a short bob and dyed chestnut.
Cambridge English vocab
CHESTNUT — n. chestnut blight horse chestnut family water chestnut
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CHESTNUT — n. Any of four species of deciduous ornamental and timber trees of the genus Castanea , in the beech family. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WATER — INDEX: 1. water 2. when a lot of water covers a place that is usually dry 3. a continuous movement …
Longman Activator English vocab
WATER
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHESTNUT — 1. сущ. 1) каштан (дерево, плод, древесина) 2) конский каштан Syn : horse-chestnut 3) бабка (у лошади) 4) каштановый цвет …
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WATER
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CHESTNUT — chestnut.ogg 1. ʹtʃesnʌt n 1. 1> бот. каштан благородный ( Castanea sativa ) 2> каштан ( плод ) 2. каштан, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WATER — 1) вода 2) объём воды; расход 3) минеральная вода 4) обводнять 5) увлажнять ( грунт ) 6) мочить; замачивать; смачивать …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WATER — 1) вода 2) объём воды; расход 3) минеральная вода 4) обводнять 5) увлажнять (грунт) 6) мочить; замачивать; смачивать 7) разбавлять водой 8) водоём 9) мн. ч. паводок; разлив • to …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WATER — 1) ватерный 2) вода 3) водный 4) водовозный 5) водоналивный 6) водоперепускный 7) водоподпорный 8) водопонижающий 9) водоприемный 10) водоуказательный 11) водоумягчающий 12) водоумягчительный 13) водяной 14) гидравлический 15) мочить 16) муарировать 17) смачивать 18) споить • boiler water …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
CHESTNUT — chestnut сущ.1) каштан (дерево, плод, древесина) 2) конский каштан Syn:horse-chestnut 3) бабка (у лошади) 4) каштановый цвет 5) разг. гнедая …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WATER
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CHESTNUT — 1. ʹtʃesnʌt n 1. 1> бот. каштан благородный ( Castanea sativa ) 2> каштан ( плод ) 2. каштан, каштановое …
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