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Q: What is the description of water chestnut?
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What do you call chestnut in Tamil?

(Indian water chestnut): Singhada


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.


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.


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.


Do you have to cook a water chestnut?

No, they can be eaten raw.


Which part of a water chestnut is edible?

Its nutts


What is the tagalog term of water chestnut?

...apulid


What is singada plant called?

Water chestnut


What is water chestnut in tagalog?

singkamas


Is the Chinese Water Chestnut a root?

Yes, water chestnut is a root. Water chestnuts are commonly found in many Asian food dishes, as it is one of their traditional ingredients.


How does the water chestnut plant reproduce?

underground stems


What is a water-chestnut?

nutty fruitty nutty fruitty