Meanings
nounwater caltrop (plural water caltrops)
plural water caltrops
- An East Asian water plant, of species Trapa bicornis, with a horn-like nut.
Synonyms: paniphal, saligot, singhara, water chestnut
- A nut from this plant.
- A plant of species Trapa natans.
- A plant of species Trapa rossica.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn East Asian water plant, of species Trapa bicornis, with a horn-like nut.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna variety of water chestnut
Similar
Jesuits' nutTrapa natans
Broader
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Translations
Bengali সিঙ্গাড়া
- সিঙ্গাড়া (śiṅgaṛa)Trapa bicornis
Chinese Cantonese 菱角
- 菱角 (ling⁴ gok³)Trapa bicornis
Chinese Mandarin 菱角
- 菱角 (língjiao)Trapa bicornis
Danish hornnød
- hornnødTrapa bicornis
Finnish vesipähkinä
- vesipähkinäTrapa bicornis
German Wassernuss
- WassernussTrapa bicornis
Hindi सिंघाड़ा
- सिंघाड़ा (siṅghāṛā)Trapa bicornis
Hungarian sulyom
- sulyomTrapa bicornis
Japanese 菱
- 菱 (hishi)Trapa bicornis
Korean 마름
- 마름 (mareum)Trapa bicornis
Polish kotewka
- kotewkaTrapa bicornis
Punjabi ਸੰਘਾੜਾ
- ਸੰਘਾੜਾ (saṅghāṛā)Trapa bicornis
Russian чили́м пла́вающий, чёртов оре́х
- чили́м пла́вающий (čilím plávajuščij)Trapa bicornis
- чёртов оре́х (čórtov oréx)Trapa bicornis
Spanish castaña de agua
- castaña de aguaTrapa bicornis
Tagalog apulid
- apulidTrapa bicornis
Tamil நீர்கொம்புச் செடி
- நீர்கொம்புச் செடி (nīrkompuc ceṭi)Trapa bicornis
Thai กระจับ
- กระจับ (grà-jàp)Trapa bicornis
Turkish göl kestanesi
- göl kestanesiTrapa bicornis
Vietnamese củ ấu
- củ ấuTrapa bicornis
Cite this entry
APA
water caltrop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20caltrop
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“water caltrop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20caltrop. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “water caltrop,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20caltrop.
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