Aquatic and Tuber Nut-Like Foods

Gathers the foods that are sold and eaten like nuts but come from water plants or from underground tubers. It includes tiger nut, lotus seed and water caltrop. The group does not cover tree nuts or palm seeds, which grow above ground on trees and palms. Within the Nuts and Seeds subcategory it sits beside the groups Common Tree Nuts, Regional and Wild Tree Nuts, Palm and Tropical Seeds, Oilseeds and Culinary Seeds, and each entry is placed in the one group whose description fits it best.