líng​huā

water caltrop flower

菱花 líng​huā
water caltrop flower
The small, white flower of the water caltrop plant; often used in classical poetry
bronze mirror
(literary) A name for a bronze mirror, so called because water caltrop flower patterns were frequently carved on the back of such mirrors.
water caltrop
The water caltrop or water chestnut plant (Trapa natans); also its edible fruit