Chinese water chestnut

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Noun1.Chinese water chestnut - Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubersChinese water chestnut - Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers
Eleocharis dulcis, water chestnut
water chestnut - edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant
spike rush - a sedge of the genus Eleocharis
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