water chestnut

Chinese water chestnut corms, Eleocharis dulcis

Noun

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

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