| 单词 | water chestnut |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater chestnut water chestnut n. (a) the edible nut of water caltrop (genus Trapa); the plant itself; also called water nut; (b) (also Chinese water chestnut) the edible corm of a sedge of eastern Asia, Eleocharis dulcis, which is commonly used in Chinese cooking; the plant itself. [With sense (a) compare Dutch water-kastanje (1581), German Wasserkastanie (1586).] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > stalk vegetables > [noun] > water-chestnut water nut1523 saligot1578 water chestnut1597 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > stalk vegetables > water-chestnut water nut1523 saligot1578 water chestnut1597 ling1860 Jesuits' nut1866 water caltrops1866 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 676 Most do call the fruite of this Caltrops, Castaneæ aquatiles, or water Chesnuts. 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia at China They cultivate even the bottom of their waters, the beds of their lakes, ponds, and rivulets, producing crops unknown to us, particularly of the pitsi, or water-chesnut. 1870 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. & Trans. 13 Aug. 125/1 The name of ‘water chestnuts’ has been applied to the fruits of several species of Trapa. 1919 Amer. Cookery 24 256/2 5 Chinese water chestnuts, sliced. 1958 Jrnl. Amer. Water Works Assoc. 50 941/2 The European water chestnut or water-nut..has invaded the Chesapeake area. 2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 7 Nov. a10/1 (caption) Kashmiri women walked over marshy lands..to collect water chestnuts. < as lemmas |
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