CHINESE WATER CHESTNUT

Pronunciation (US):

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Meaning:

Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers

Synonyms:

Chinese water chestnut; Eleocharis dulcis; water chestnut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Chinese water chestnut" is a kind of...):

spike rush (a sedge of the genus Eleocharis)

Meronyms (parts of "Chinese water chestnut"):

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

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