water chestnut

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water chestnut

noun water chestnuts · waterchestnut

uncountable Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis), grown for its edible corm, used in Asian cooking.
countable A corm of a plant of this species.
countable, uncountable A water caltrop (Trapa natans).

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noun Eleocharis dulcis

Español	castaña de agua china
한국어	남방개 nambanggae
日本語	白慈姑
中文	荸薺 /荸荠 bíqí, 馬蹄 /马蹄 mǎtí, 葧薺 /葧荠 bóqí, 鳧茨 /凫茨 fúcí, 鳧茈 /凫茈 fúcí, 地栗 dìlì
हिन्दी	सिंघाड़ा siṅghāṛā
Français	châtaigne d'eau chinoise
Deutsch	Wasserkastanie
Русский	болотница сладкая bolotnica sladkaja
Tiếng Việt	năn ngọt

noun corm of this species

中文	荸薺 /荸荠 bíqí, 馬蹄 /马蹄 mǎtí, 葧薺 /葧荠 bóqí, 鳧茨 /凫茨 fúcí, 鳧茈 /凫茈 fúcí, 地栗 dìlì

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@misc{water_chestnut_2026,
  title = {water chestnut},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/water%20chestnut},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}