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Definition of Trapa natans

Trapa natans
Water chestnut Wa"ter chest"nut (Bot.) The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself; -- called also water caltrop.
Trapa natans
Saligot Sal"i*got, n. [F.] (Bot.) The water chestnut (Trapa natans).

Meaning of Trapa natans from wikipedia

- is any of three extant species of the genus Trapa: Trapa natans, Trapa bicornis and the endangered Trapa rossica. It is also known as buffalo nut, bat...
- or Chinese water chestnut, is eaten for its crisp corm Water caltrop, Trapa natans, is eaten for its starchy seed Chinese cuisine Chinese chestnut Chestnut...
- (Punica granatum, formerly in Punicaceae) and of the water caltrop (Trapa natans, formerly in Trapaceae). Lythraceae has a worldwide distribution, with...
- Centaurea calcitrapa, which is also sometimes referred to as the "caltrop". Trapa natans, a water plant with similarly shaped spiked seeds and edible fruit, is...
- example the Tomatillo, Physalis philadelphica), and the water caltrop, Trapa natans. In some species, the calyx not only persists after flowering but instead...
- alata Ulluco Ullucus tuberosus Wasabi Wasabia ****onica Water caltrop Trapa natans, Trapa bicornis Water chestnut Eleocharis dulcis Yacón Smallanthus sonchifolius...
- Nymphaea alba, Nuphar lutea, Trapa natans, Alisma plantago, floating plants with roots near the lakes' borders; and Salvinia natans, Stratiotes aloides, Spirogyra...
- a food source. Examples include wild rice (Zizania), water caltrop (Trapa natans), Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis), Indian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)...
- palmiet, a South African endemic Rhizophora mucronata Syzygium cordatum Trapa natans Typha australis Vossia cuspidata, hippo gr**** Calamagrostis pseudophragmites...
- rooted floating plants, vegetation comprises the a) Nelumbo nucifera, b) Trapa natans, c) Euryale ferox, d) Nymphaea alba, e) N. nouchali, N. stellata and...