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1. (n.) water chestnut
any of several aquatic plants of the genus Trapa, family Trapaceae, with an edible, nutlike fruit, esp. T.natans of the Old World.
2. water chestnut
the fruit itself. Also called water caltrop.
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1. (noun) water chestnut, water chestnut plant, caltrop
a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
2. (noun) water chestnut, Chinese water chestnut, Eleocharis dulcis
Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers
3. (noun) water chestnut
edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant
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1. water chestnut
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; -- called also water caltrop
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