# Water chestnut

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'''Water chestnut''' may refer to either of two plants, both used in Chinese cuisine:

* ''[Eleocharis dulcis](/source/Eleocharis_dulcis)'', or Chinese water chestnut, is eaten for its crisp corm
* [Water caltrop](/source/Water_caltrop), ''Trapa natans'' and ''Trapa bicornis'', is eaten for its starchy seed

==See also==
* [Chinese cuisine](/source/Chinese_cuisine)
* [Chinese chestnut](/source/Chinese_chestnut)
* [Chestnut (disambiguation)](/source/Chestnut_(disambiguation))

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