0
Yes, water chestnut is a root. Water chestnuts are commonly found in many Asian food dishes, as it is one of their traditional ingredients.
Wiki User
∙ 9y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoNo, it is a stem.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Is water chestnut a stem or a root?
Its a stem.
What is singada plant called?
Water chestnut
How does the water chestnut plant reproduce?
underground stems
What root system does Chinese cabbage have?
All cabbage plants contain roots.
What is a good link to see images of a water chestnut?
Click on the Related Link.
Is water chestnut a stem or a root?
Its a stem.
How do you say chestnut in Chinese?
chestnut.
Which part of the water chestnut do we eat?
"The seed inside of the shell is the part of the water chestnut we eat. These seeds can be eaten fried, roasted, boiled, or even raw and are said to be high in starch." The above answer is not correct - that is a normal chestnut, NOT a water chestnut. The edible part of a water chestnut is the root of an aquatic plant also known as caltrop.
White disc vegetables used in Chinese food?
I believe it's called a water chestnut.
What is the name for a Chinese chestnut fruit?
Castanea mollissima
What do you call chestnut in Tamil?
(Indian water chestnut): Singhada
What kind of chesnuts is their?
Chestnut trees belong to the same family of trees as the oak and beech trees. There are five types of species of chestnuts, European chestnut or the sweet chestnut, Asiatic chestnut which has two species the Japanese and the Chinese chestnut, the American species, and Allegheny Chickapin..
What is a solution to the chestnut blight fungus?
You can cross breed the Chinese chestnut and American chestnut creating a hybrid which has a natural resistance to the parasitic fungus. This resistance can then be passed down through generation.
Difference between chestnut and water chestnut?
Yes there is, a horse chestnut is somethin on the inside of their legs that when they where inside their mothers stomach they where connected, then when they where born the chestnut spit apart so they could walk. And a chestnut nut is something you eat.
What is A Chinese Water Chinese?
Chinese Water Torture? This was popularized after the Korean War (1950-1953), in which water flowed "drop by drop...steadily from a tube" for hours upon end in within the hearing distance of a POW (allied Prisoner of War); after a period of such exposure, the POW would (or could) break to give military intelligence (information). If you are referring to 'Chinese Water Chestnut', or simply water chestnut, it is a small, rounded corms with a crunchy white flesh and can be eaten raw, texture is slightly harder than apple, but it is usually sweet. Often cooked to use as fillings inside Chinese fried dumplings or 饺子 jiao(3) zi. See Wikipedia link below/.
Is a water chestnut a legume?
No, the edible part of the water chestnut is a tuber (much like a potato) that forms on roots of the water chestnut plant, a grasslike plant that grows in freshwater ponds, mostly in Asian countries. The unpeeled tuber resembles a chestnut, giving the plant its somewhat misleading name.
What is the recommended dosage of Chinese yam?
Chinese medicine: many combinations of Chinese yam and herbs to treat different symptoms. Always taken internally. Tea: Steep slices of the root in boiling water. 10 - 30 g of root or 6 - 10 g of powder.
