caltrop
noun
1 caltrop
Tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed.
synonyms: devil's weed, Tribulus terestris.
2 caltrop
A plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits.
synonyms: water chestnut, water chestnut plant.
Dutch: kalketrip
3 caltrop
Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America.
synonyms: Centauria calcitrapa, star-thistle.
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