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English noun: water chestnut | |||
| 1. | water chestnut (plant) a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits | ||
| Synonyms | caltrop, 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 meronym | genus Trapa, Trapa | ||
| 2. | water chestnut (plant) Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers | ||
| Synonyms | Chinese water chestnut, Eleocharis dulcis | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | spike rush | ||
| Part holonym | water chestnut | ||
| 3. | water chestnut (food) edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tuber | ||
| Part meronym | Chinese water chestnut, Eleocharis dulcis, water chestnut | ||
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