What is Water chestnut?
{{Italictitle}} {{taxobox | name = Water chestnut | image = Eleocharis dulcis Blanco1.15.jpg | image_size = 240px | regnum = [[Plantae]] | unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] | unranked_classis = [[Monocots]] | unranked_ordo = [[Commelinids]] | ordo = [[Poales]] | familia = [[Cyperaceae]] | genus = ''[[Eleocharis]]'' | species = '''''E. dulcis''''' | binomial = ''Eleocharis dulcis'' }} The '''Chinese water chestnut''' (or '''water chestnut''') is a [[plant]], ''Eleocharis dulcis''. The [[corm]]s of the plant are the water chestnuts. It has a crispy white flesh and can be eaten raw, slightly boiled, grilled, pickled, or tinned. This plant comes from [[China]]. They are grown in flooded [[paddy field]]s. {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Poales]]