Phrase guide

water caltrop

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An East Asian water plant, of species Trapa bicornis, with a horn-like nut.

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noun

Meaning 2

A nut from this plant.

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noun

Meaning 3

A plant of species Trapa natans.

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noun

Meaning 4

A plant of species Trapa rossica.

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noun

Meaning 5

a variety of water chestnut

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Jesuits' nut, Trapa natans

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Broader terms: water chestnut, water chestnut plant, caltrop

History

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assamese: শিঙৰি (xiṅori) — Trapa bicornis
  • Bengali: সিঙ্গাড়া (śiṅgaṛa) — Trapa bicornis
  • Chinese Cantonese: 菱角 (ling4 gok3) — Trapa bicornis
  • Hakka Chinese: 羊角仔 (yòng-kok-é) — Trapa bicornis
  • Hakka Chinese: 菱角 (lìn-kok) — Trapa bicornis
  • Chinese: 菱角 (zh-min-nan) — Trapa bicornis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 菱角 (língjiao) — Trapa bicornis
  • Danish: hornnød — Trapa bicornis
  • Finnish: vesipähkinä — Trapa bicornis
  • German: Wassernuss — Trapa bicornis
  • Hindi: सिंघाड़ा (siṅghāṛā) — Trapa bicornis
  • Hungarian: sulyom — Trapa bicornis
  • Japanese: 菱 (hishi) — Trapa bicornis
  • Khmer: ក្រចាប់ (krɑɑcap) — Trapa bicornis
  • Korean: 마름 (mareum) — Trapa bicornis
  • Lao: ຈັບ (chap) — Trapa bicornis
  • Polish: kotewka — Trapa bicornis
  • Punjabi: ਸੰਘਾੜਾ (saṅghāṛā) — Trapa bicornis
  • Russian: чили́м пла́вающий (čilím plávajuščij) — Trapa bicornis
  • Russian: чёртов оре́х (čórtov oréx) — Trapa bicornis
  • Spanish: castaña de agua — Trapa bicornis
  • Sylheti: ꠢꠤꠋꠞꠣꠁ (hiṅrai) — Trapa bicornis
  • Tagalog: apulid — Trapa bicornis
  • Thai: กระจับ (grà-jàp) — Trapa bicornis
  • Turkish: göl kestanesi — Trapa bicornis
  • Ottoman Turkish: كول كستانهسی (göl kestanesi) — Trapa bicornis
  • Vietnamese: củ ấu — Trapa bicornis