English dictionary



Hint: Asterisk (*) is a wildcard. Asterisk substitutes zero or more characters.

English noun: water chestnut

1. water chestnut (plant) a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits


Synonymscaltrop, water chestnut plant


Broader (hypernym)aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant


Narrower (hyponym)Jesuits' nut, ling, ling ko, Trapa bicornis, Trapa natans, water caltrop


Member meronymgenus Trapa, Trapa

2. water chestnut (plant) Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers


SynonymsChinese water chestnut, Eleocharis dulcis


Broader (hypernym)spike rush


Part holonymwater chestnut

3. water chestnut (food) edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant


Broader (hypernym)tuber


Part meronymChinese water chestnut, Eleocharis dulcis, water chestnut









Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
Web design: Orcapia v/Per Bang. English edition: .
2024 onlineordbog.dk