water chestnut
water chestnut · water chestnuts
болотница сладкая
Wasserkastanie
Chinese water chestnut, grown for its edible corm, used in Asian cookingChinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis), grown for its edible corm, used in Asian cooking.
» There’s water chestnut cake in the fridge.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis), grown for its edible corm, used in Asian cooking.
Wasserkastanie
болотница сладкаяbolotnica sladkaja
(countable)A corm of a plant of this species.
(countable, uncountable)A water caltrop (Trapa natans).
More definitions
- edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant
- Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers
- a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
Examples
3 sentencesThere’s water chestnut cake in the fridge.
Water chestnuts in a stir-fry hit different.
Near the street Anthony drank water-chestnut juice from a bottle.
Translations
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Forms
plural: water chestnutsSynonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers:Chinese water chestnutEleocharis dulcis
- a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits:water chestnut plantcaltrop
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable