Phrase guide

water chestnut

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis), grown for its edible corm, used in Asian cooking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A corm of a plant of this species.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A water caltrop (Trapa natans).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tuber

5

noun

Meaning 5

Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Chinese water chestnut, Eleocharis dulcis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spike rush

6

noun

Meaning 6

a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: water chestnut plant, caltrop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant

Narrower terms: water caltrop, Jesuits' nut, Trapa natans, ling, ling ko, Trapa bicornis

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 馬蹄 /马蹄 — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Hakka Chinese: 馬薺 /马荠 (mâ-chhì) — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Chinese: 馬薺 /马荠 (zh-min-nan) — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 荸薺 /荸荠 (bíqí) — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬蹄 /马蹄 (mǎtí) — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 葧薺 /葧荠 (bóqí) — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鳧茨 /凫茨 (fúcí) — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鳧茈 /凫茈 (fúcí) — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地栗 (dìlì) — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烏芋 /乌芋 (wūyù) — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Danish: vandkastanje — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Finnish: vesikastanja — Eleocharis dulcis
  • French: châtaigne d'eau chinoise — Eleocharis dulcis
  • German: Wasserkastanie — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Hindi: सिंघाड़ा (siṅghāṛā) — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Irish: castán uisce — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Japanese: 白慈姑 — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Korean: 남방개 (nambanggae) — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Lao: ແຫ້ວ (hǣu) — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Polish: ponikło słodkie — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Polish: ponikło bulwiaste — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Russian: болотница сладкая (bolotnica sladkaja) — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Spanish: castaña de agua china — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Swedish: vattenkastanj — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Tagalog: apulid — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Thai: แห้ว (hɛ̂o) — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Vietnamese: năn ngọt — Eleocharis dulcis
  • Chinese Cantonese: 馬蹄 /马蹄 — corm of this species
  • Hakka Chinese: 馬薺 /马荠 (mâ-chhì) — corm of this species
  • Chinese: 馬薺 /马荠 (zh-min-nan) — corm of this species
  • Chinese Mandarin: 荸薺 /荸荠 (bíqí) — corm of this species
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬蹄 /马蹄 (mǎtí) — corm of this species
  • Chinese Mandarin: 葧薺 /葧荠 (bóqí) — corm of this species
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鳧茨 /凫茨 (fúcí) — corm of this species
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鳧茈 /凫茈 (fúcí) — corm of this species
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地栗 (dìlì) — corm of this species
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烏芋 /乌芋 (wūyù) — corm of this species
  • Finnish: vesikastanja — corm of this species
  • Polish: ponikło słodkie — corm of this species
  • Polish: ponikło bulwiaste — corm of this species
  • Swedish: vattenkastanj — corm of this species
  • Zhuang: maxdaez — corm of this species
  • Zhuang: lwgcid — corm of this species
  • Zhuang: lwgcwd — corm of this species