water chestnut — n. ☆ 1. a) a Chinese sedge (Eleocharis dulcis) with erect, cylindrical leaves, growing in dense clumps in water b) the large, button shaped, submerged tubers of this plant, used in Chinese cooking 2. a floating aquatic weed (Trapa natans) of the… … English World dictionary
Water chestnut — Wa ter chest nut (Bot.) The fruit of {Trapa natans} and {Trapa bicornis}, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself; called also {water caltrop}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
water chestnut — water .chestnut n the thick stem of a plant that grows in water, used in Chinese cooking … Dictionary of contemporary English
water chestnut — water chestnuts N COUNT A water chestnut is the thick bottom part of the stem of a plant which grows in China. It is used in Chinese cookery … English dictionary
water-chestnut — [wôt′ərches′nət] adj. designating a family (Trapaceae, order Myrtales) of floating, aquatic dicotyledonous plants * * * … Universalium
water chestnut — water ,chestnut noun count a small hard white vegetable, often used in Asian cooking … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
water chestnut — ► NOUN ▪ the crisp, white fleshed tuber of a tropical aquatic sedge, used in oriental cookery … English terms dictionary
water-chestnut — [wôt′ərches′nət] adj. designating a family (Trapaceae, order Myrtales) of floating, aquatic dicotyledonous plants … English World dictionary
water chestnut — 1. any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, esp. T. natans, of the Old World. 2. the fruit itself. Also called water caltrop. [1850 55] * * * Any of several perennial water plants of the genus Trapa (family… … Universalium
water chestnut — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms water chestnut : singular water chestnut plural water chestnuts a small hard white vegetable, often used in Asian cooking … English dictionary
