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JESUITS' NUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Jesuits' nut mean?
• JESUITS' NUT (noun)
The noun JESUITS' NUT has 1 sense:
1. a variety of water chestnut
Familiarity information: JESUITS' NUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A variety of water chestnut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Jesuits' nut; Trapa natans; water caltrop
Hypernyms ("Jesuits' nut" is a kind of...):
caltrop; water chestnut; water chestnut plant (a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits)
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