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water chestnut vs water caltrop

water caltrop vs water chestnut

water chestnut and water caltrop both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
water chestnut Yes No No No
water caltrop Yes No No No
As nouns, water caltrop is a hyponym of water chestnut; that is, water caltrop is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than water chestnut:
  • water chestnut: a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
  • water caltrop: a variety of water chestnut
Other hyponyms of water chestnut include Jesuits' nut, Trapa natans, ling, ling ko, Trapa bicornis.
water chestnut (noun) water caltrop (noun)
edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant a variety of water chestnut
Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers
a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
Difference between water chestnut and water caltrop

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