Definition of Chinese water chestnut

1. Noun. Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers.

Exact synonyms: Eleocharis Dulcis, Water Chestnut
Terms within: Water Chestnut
Generic synonyms: Spike Rush

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinese Water Chestnut

Chinese red
Chinese reds
Chinese restaurant syndrome
Chinese rhubarb
Chinese scholar tree
Chinese scholartree
Chinese silk plant
Chinese silver
Chinese snooker
Chinese squeeze
Chinese squeezes
Chinese truffle
Chinese truffles
Chinese unicorn
Chinese unicorns
Chinese water chestnut
Chinese wax
Chinese whispers
Chinese white cabbage
Chinese white pear
Chinese white pears
Chinese wistaria
Chinese wood oil
Chinese yam
Chineselike
Chineseman
Chineseness
Chinesey
Chinggisid

Literary usage of Chinese water chestnut

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chinese Cook Book by Shiu Wong Chan (1917)
"GENERAL LAWS OF CHINESE COOKING A Chinese dish consists of three parts: (a) meat; (b) secondary vegetables, such as chinese water chestnut, bamboo shoot, ..."

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