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Trapa

noun

small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs: water chestnut

• Syn: ↑genus Trapa

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Trapaceae, ↑family Trapaceae

• Member Meronyms: ↑water chestnut, ↑water chestnut plant, ↑caltrop

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\\ˈtrāpə, -rapə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, probably short for (assumed) Medieval Latin calcitrappa caltrop — more at caltrop

: a small Old World genus of aquatic herbaceous plants with finely dissected submerged leaves, rhombic floating leaves that have inflated spongy petioles, and solitary white flowers followed by horned or spiny fruits — see trapaceae, water chestnut

Useful english dictionary. 2012.