sinhali

English translation: Water chestnut - trapa bispinosa

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Hindi term or phrase:सिंघाड़ा
English translation:Water chestnut - trapa bispinosa
Entered by: Ryszard Matuszewski

17:46 Mar 14, 2009
Hindi to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / Plants
Hindi term or phrase: sinhali
A kind of underwater plant, brown nut-like parts, about 4 cm in diameter are used as food, they have a white heart-shaped core inside
Ryszard Matuszewski
Local time: 17:05
Water chestnut -Singhara (सिंघाड़ा)
Explanation:
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Please see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_caltrop

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http://food.oregonstate.edu/glossary/w/waterchestnut.html

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"T. bispinosa, sometimes called Singhara nut, is native to India. ... T. bispinosa, sometimes called Singhara nut, native to India with fruit about 0.7 in. ..."
(www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/545865/Singhara-nut - 51k -)

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The scientific name of Singhara is Trapa bispinosa (Family Onagraceae).

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Note added at 56 mins (2009-03-14 18:42:30 GMT)
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Waterchestnut Flour Halwa
(http://www.mamtaskitchen.com/recipe_display.php?id=12913)

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Note added at 3 days23 hrs (2009-03-18 17:23:16 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks!
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Lalit Sati
India
Local time: 21:35
Grading comment
Thank you, and for the sakarkhand too :)
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4 +6Water chestnut -Singhara (सिंघाड़ा)
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Water chestnut -Singhara (सिंघाड़ा)


Explanation:
*

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Note added at 18 mins (2009-03-14 18:04:45 GMT)
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Please see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_caltrop

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Note added at 21 mins (2009-03-14 18:07:31 GMT)
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http://food.oregonstate.edu/glossary/w/waterchestnut.html

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Note added at 25 mins (2009-03-14 18:12:06 GMT)
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"T. bispinosa, sometimes called Singhara nut, is native to India. ... T. bispinosa, sometimes called Singhara nut, native to India with fruit about 0.7 in. ..."
(www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/545865/Singhara-nut - 51k -)

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Note added at 42 mins (2009-03-14 18:28:54 GMT)
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The scientific name of Singhara is Trapa bispinosa (Family Onagraceae).

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Note added at 56 mins (2009-03-14 18:42:30 GMT)
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Waterchestnut Flour Halwa
(http://www.mamtaskitchen.com/recipe_display.php?id=12913)

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Note added at 3 days23 hrs (2009-03-18 17:23:16 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks!

Lalit Sati
India
Local time: 21:35
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you, and for the sakarkhand too :)

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