Water Chestnut (Noun)

Meaning ¹

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

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Synonyms

• Caltrop
• Water Chestnut Plant

Hypernyms

• Hydrophyte
• Water Plant
• Hydrophytic Plant

Hyponyms

• Jesuits' Nut
• Trapa Natans
• Trapa Bicornis
• Ling Ko

Meaning ²

Edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant.

Classification

Nouns denoting foods and drinks.

Meaning ³

Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Synonyms

• Chinese Water Chestnut
• Eleocharis Dulcis