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Definition of Water chestnut

1. Noun. A plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits.

2. Noun. Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers.

3. Noun. Edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant.

Definition of Water chestnut

1. Noun. A particular species, ''Eleocharis dulcis'', of plant. ¹

2. Noun. A corm of a plant of this species. ¹

3. Noun. water caltrop ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Water chestnut

1. The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself. Synonym: water caltrop. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Water Chestnut

water cabbage water caltrop water caltrops water can water canker water cannon water cannons water carpet water carriage water cart

water cavies water cavy water celery water cell water chestnut (current term) water chestnut plant water chestnuts water chevrotain water chicken water chickens

water chickweed water chinquapin water chute water clock water clocks water closet water closets water clover water cock

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