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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ˈwa•ter ˌchest•nut, n. [countable]- Plant Biologya plant growing in water, with a nutlike fruit that can be eaten.
- Plant Biologythe fruit itself.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wa′ter chest′nut, - Plant Biologyany aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, esp. T. natans, of the Old World.
- Plant Biologythe fruit itself. Also called wa′ter cal′trop.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: water chestnut n - Also called: water caltrop a floating aquatic onagraceous plant, Trapa natans, of Asia, having four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
- Chinese water chestnut ⇒ a Chinese cyperaceous plant, Eleocharis tuberosa, with an edible succulent corm
- the corm of the Chinese water chestnut, used in Oriental cookery
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