CHINESE WATER CHESTNUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chinese water chestnut mean? 

• CHINESE WATER CHESTNUT (noun)
  The noun CHINESE WATER CHESTNUT has 1 sense:

1. Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers

  Familiarity information: CHINESE WATER CHESTNUT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHINESE WATER CHESTNUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chinese water chestnut; Eleocharis dulcis; water chestnut

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)