water chestnut in English
noun
1
the tuber of a tropical sedge that is widely used in Asian cooking, its white flesh remaining crisp after cooking.
Be careful because a tiny cube of crisp water chestnut , together with some hot juice, is wrapped in the core of each ball.
2
the sedge that yields water chestnut, which is cultivated in flooded fields in Southeast Asia.
Where I lived in up-state New York someone got the bright idea of growing water chestnuts in a pond as a crop.
3
an aquatic plant with small white flowers, producing an edible rounded seed with two large projecting horns.
Edible plants for your pond include watercress, water chestnuts , and arrowhead or Wapato.
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1. 6 synonyms for Caltrop: devil's weed, Tribulus terestris, water chestnut, water chestnut plant, Centauria calcitrapa, star-thistle
2. 18 Spoon sat oil, deep - fried water chestnut fish out, the next moment Chicken gash poured.
3. Ahead lay the water-chestnut fields, glimmering in the reflected light from Chung Kuo's barren sister.
4. The water Caltrop, which is also known as the European water chestnut, is a member of the Trapa nantans genus, which is part of the Trapaceae family of water chestnuts