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    CHINESE WATER CHESTNUT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubersplay

    Synonyms:

    Chinese water chestnut; Eleocharis dulcis; water chestnut

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Chinese water chestnut" is a kind of...):

    spike rush (a sedge of the genus Eleocharis)

    Meronyms (parts of "Chinese water chestnut"):

    water chestnut (edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant)

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