jesuits' nut

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   a variety of water chestnut

   Synonymswater caltropTrapa natans

   Broaderwater chestnut

Questions about jesuits' nut

What does jesuits' nut mean?

jesuits' nut means "a variety of water chestnut".

What is another word for jesuits' nut?

Close synonyms include water caltrop, Trapa natans. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jesuits' nut a common word?

jesuits' nut is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.