| 单词 | water chestnut |
| 释义 | water chestnut n. 1. a. A tropical Asian aquatic sedge (Eleocharis dulcis) having cylindrical stems and widely cultivated for its edible corm. b. The crisp nutty corm of this plant, used in Asian cooking. 2. A floating aquatic plant (Trapa natans) native to Eurasia and Africa, cultivated as an ornamental and for its edible four-pronged nutlike fruit, and occurring widely as an aquatic weed. Also called caltrop, water caltrop. |
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