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water chestnut

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Noun: water chestnut

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

Lexical Analysis

Specific Words:

jesuits' nut, ling, ling ko, trapa bicornis, trapa natans, water caltrop

Generic Words:

aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, spike rush, tuber, water plant

Parts of water chestnut:

Water chestnut is a part of:

chinese water chestnut, eleocharis dulcis, water chestnut

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