Caltrop Synonyms
kăltrəp, kôl-
A plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
(Noun)
Synonyms:
- water-chestnut
- water chestnut plant
Tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed
(Noun)
Synonyms:
- devil's weed
- Tribulus terestris
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Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America
(Noun)
Synonyms:
- star thistle
- Centauria calcitrapa