The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Saligot \Sal"i*got\, n. [F.] (Bot.)
   The water chestnut (Trapa natans).
   [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Water chestnut \Wa"ter chest"nut\ (Bot.)
   The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World
   water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several
   hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself; -- called also
   water caltrop.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Trapa natans
    n 1: a variety of water chestnut [syn: water caltrop,
         Jesuits' nut, Trapa natans]