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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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