| 单词 | water nut |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater nut water nut n. the edible nut of water caltrop (genus Trapa); the plant itself; also called water chestnut. [Compare German Wassernuss (15th cent.), Dutch waternoot (1554 in Dodoens).] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > stalk vegetables > [noun] > water-chestnut water nut1523 saligot1578 water chestnut1597 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > stalk vegetables > water-chestnut water nut1523 saligot1578 water chestnut1597 ling1860 Jesuits' nut1866 water caltrops1866 1523 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 70 [Carectum] castanea marina, anglice waternot. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 83 When the cloth is taken away, they have set before them..waternuts (which I did see onely in Saxony) and a loafe of bread cut into shives. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Caltrop The Fruit which is arm'd with four Prickles, incloses a kind of White Almond or Kernel..; and this Fruit is known by the Name of the Water-Nut. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 71/2 The jhils supply the villages with wild rice..and the singhara water-nut. 1958 Jrnl. Amer. Water Wks. Assoc. 50 941/2 The European water chestnut or water-nut..has invaded the Chesapeake area. 2012 M. Palo & E. Lehto Private or Socialistic Forestry? iii. 63 Some cultivation of water nut and hazel..also took place. < as lemmas |
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