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Water chestnut   /wˈɔtər tʃˈɛsnˌət/   Listen
Water chestnut

noun
1.
A plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits.  Synonyms: caltrop, water chestnut plant.
2.
Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers.  Synonyms: Chinese water chestnut, Eleocharis dulcis.
3.
Edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant.



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"Water chestnut" Quotes from Famous Books



... royal palace there was a woman, tall, lithe, with a skin of ivory and roses and eyes as brown as the husk of a water chestnut. On her bare ankles were gem-incrusted anklets, on her arms bracelets of hammered gold, round her neck a rope of pearls and emeralds and rubies and sapphires. And still ...
— The Adventures of Kathlyn • Harold MacGrath


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