'Trapa natans' definitions:
Definition of 'Trapa natans'
From: WordNet
noun
A variety of water chestnut [syn: water caltrop, Jesuits' nut, Trapa natans]
Definition of 'Trapa natans'
From: GCIDE
- Saligot \Sal"i*got\, n. [F.] (Bot.) The water chestnut (Trapa natans). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Trapa natans'
From: GCIDE
- Water chestnut \Wa"ter chest"nut\ (Bot.) The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself; -- called also water caltrop. [1913 Webster]