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: Chinese Water Chestnuts List; Cyperus genus plants are shallow-water perennial herbs, consumed as vegetables using their bulbils.Anciently known as fuzi ( ), commonly called ma ti ( ), and also referred to as di li ( ) due to its resemblance to a horse's hoof and a chestnut.The term "horse hoof" refers only to its appearance;saying it resembles a chestnut includes not just shape, but also taste, composition, and function, earning the name di li because it grows in mud.Water caltrop has purplish-black skin, white flesh, sweet flavor, juicy and crisp, long enjoyed with the of underground snow pear, regarded by northerners as southern ginseng.Water chestnuts can be eaten both as fruit and vegetables, being a popular seasonal food.

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