Water chestnut may refer to either of two plants (both sometimes used in Chinese cuisine):
- The Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis), eaten for its crisp corm
- The Water caltrop (Trapa natans), eaten for its starchy seed
Famous quotes containing the word water:
“The clock runs down
timeless and still.
The days and nights turn hours to years
and water in a gutter marks the circle of another world
hating, resentful, and afraid
stagnant, and green, and full of slimy things.”
—Margaret Abigail Walker (b. 1915)