Water chestnut

Water chestnut may refer to either of two plants, both used in Chinese cuisine:

  • Eleocharis dulcis, or Chinese water chestnut, is eaten for its crisp corm
  • Water caltrop, Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, is eaten for its starchy seed

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