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vesipähkinä

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Finnish

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Etymology

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vesi (water) +‎ pähkinä (nut)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋesiˌpæhkinæ/, [ˈʋe̞s̠iˌpæhk̟inæ]
  • Rhymes: -æhkinæ
  • Hyphenation(key): vesi‧pähki‧nä

Noun

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vesipähkinä

  1. water caltrop (either of closely related water plants, West Eurasian Trapa natans or East Asian Trapa bicornis)
  2. water caltrop (edible seed of these plants)

Usage notes

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  • This term primarily refers to Trapa natans but is occasionally used of the Asian plant as well, as it has no Finnish (apparently English neither) common name of its own. To add to the terminological confusion, both T. natans and T. bicornis are also called water chestnut in English, sharing this common name with another Asian species, called vesikastanja (Eleocharis dulcis) in Finnish.

Declension

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Possessive forms of vesipähkinä (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

See also

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Further reading

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