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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
A corm of a plant of this species.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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A water caltrop (Trapa natans).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tuber
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
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
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Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Cantonese:
馬蹄 /马蹄
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Hakka Chinese:
馬薺 /马荠
(mâ-chhì)
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Chinese:
馬薺 /马荠
(zh-min-nan)
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Chinese Mandarin:
荸薺 /荸荠
(bíqí)
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Chinese Mandarin:
馬蹄 /马蹄
(mǎtí)
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Chinese Mandarin:
葧薺 /葧荠
(bóqí)
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Chinese Mandarin:
鳧茨 /凫茨
(fúcí)
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Chinese Mandarin:
鳧茈 /凫茈
(fúcí)
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Chinese Mandarin:
地栗
(dìlì)
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Chinese Mandarin:
烏芋 /乌芋
(wūyù)
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Danish:
vandkastanje
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Finnish:
vesikastanja
— Eleocharis dulcis
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French:
châtaigne d'eau chinoise
— Eleocharis dulcis
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German:
Wasserkastanie
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Hindi:
सिंघाड़ा
(siṅghāṛā)
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Irish:
castán uisce
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Japanese:
白慈姑
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Korean:
남방개
(nambanggae)
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Lao:
ແຫ້ວ
(hǣu)
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Polish:
ponikło słodkie
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Polish:
ponikło bulwiaste
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Russian:
болотница сладкая
(bolotnica sladkaja)
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Spanish:
castaña de agua china
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Swedish:
vattenkastanj
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Tagalog:
apulid
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Thai:
แห้ว
(hɛ̂o)
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Vietnamese:
năn ngọt
— Eleocharis dulcis
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Chinese Cantonese:
馬蹄 /马蹄
— corm of this species
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Hakka Chinese:
馬薺 /马荠
(mâ-chhì)
— corm of this species
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Chinese:
馬薺 /马荠
(zh-min-nan)
— corm of this species
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Chinese Mandarin:
荸薺 /荸荠
(bíqí)
— corm of this species
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Chinese Mandarin:
馬蹄 /马蹄
(mǎtí)
— corm of this species
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Chinese Mandarin:
葧薺 /葧荠
(bóqí)
— corm of this species
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Chinese Mandarin:
鳧茨 /凫茨
(fúcí)
— corm of this species
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Chinese Mandarin:
鳧茈 /凫茈
(fúcí)
— corm of this species
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Chinese Mandarin:
地栗
(dìlì)
— corm of this species
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Chinese Mandarin:
烏芋 /乌芋
(wūyù)
— corm of this species
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Finnish:
vesikastanja
— corm of this species
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Polish:
ponikło słodkie
— corm of this species
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Polish:
ponikło bulwiaste
— corm of this species
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Swedish:
vattenkastanj
— corm of this species
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Zhuang:
maxdaez
— corm of this species
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Zhuang:
lwgcid
— corm of this species
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Zhuang:
lwgcwd
— corm of this species