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Definition of Water caltrop

water caltrop
Water chestnut Wa"ter chest"nut (Bot.) The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself; -- called also water caltrop.
Water caltrop
Water caltrop Wa"ter cal"trop (Bot.) The water chestnut.

Meaning of Water caltrop from wikipedia

- The water caltrop is any of three extant species of the genus Trapa: Trapa natans, Trapa bicornis and the endangered Trapa rossica. It is also known as...
- as the "caltrop". Trapa natans, a water plant with similarly shaped spiked seeds and edible fruit, is called the "water caltrop". The caltrop was called...
- Eleocharis dulcis, or Chinese water chestnut, eaten for its crisp corm Water caltrop, Trapa natans, eaten for its starchy seed Chinese cuisine Chinese chestnut...
- about 1.5 m (5 ft). The water caltrop, which also is referred to by the same name, is unrelated and often confused with the water chestnut. The small, rounded...
- (山梔子), and is symbolic of peach flowers. The white is made from the water caltrop (菱, hishi), and represents the snow and its cleansing effects. Finally...
- the pomegranate (Punica granatum, formerly in Punicaceae) and of the water caltrop (Trapa natans, formerly in Trapaceae). Lythraceae has a worldwide distribution...
- alata Ulluco Ullucus tuberosus Wasabi Wasabia ****onica Water caltrop Trapa natans, Trapa bicornis Water chestnut Eleocharis dulcis Yacón Smallanthus sonchifolius...
- (Macadamia integrifolia), candlenut (Aleurites molucc****) and the water caltrop (Trapa bicornis). A drupe is an indehiscent fruit that has an outer...
- wild rice (Zizania), water caltrop (Trapa natans), Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis), Indian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica)...
- Solanaceae (for example the Tomatillo, Physalis philadelphica), and the water caltrop, Trapa natans. In some species, the calyx not only persists after flowering...