Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers.
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Examples for "water chestnut "
Examples for "water chestnut "
1 For each ramaki, wrap frank slice and water chestnut slice with bacon; secure with toothpick.
2 No one thing was more generally hawked about the streets of China than the water chestnut .
3 In later years, instead of an injection, the drug was a circular, oral wafer, like a small water chestnut .
4 While cornstarch is a popular thickener in North America, starches made from tapioca, arrowroot, and even water chestnut are used throughout Asia.
5 For 12 yuan ($2.50) you get three massive pork and chive dumplings with water chestnut .
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