HyperDic: genus_trapa

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Trapa:
NOUNplantgenus Trapa, Trapasmall genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs
English > genus Trapa: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs: water chestnut.
SynonymTrapa
Member ofTrapaceae, family Trapaceaefamily comprising solely the genus Trapa
Memberswater chestnut, water chestnut plant, caltropA plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus trapa, trapa
Catalangenus trapa, trapa

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