Meanings
plural Chinese water chestnuts
- Eleocharis dulcis, an aquatic sedge.
Synonyms: water chestnut
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEleocharis dulcis, an aquatic sedge.
More synonyms by meaning
nounChinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Chinese water chestnut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinese%20water%20chestnut
“Chinese water chestnut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinese%20water%20chestnut. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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