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Caltrop

noun
1.
Tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed.  Synonyms: devil's weed, Tribulus terestris.
2.
A plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits.  Synonyms: water chestnut, water chestnut plant.
3.
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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Words linked to "Caltrop" :   aquatic plant, Trapa, Jesuits' nut, Trapa bicornis, Tribulus terestris, hydrophyte, ling ko, suffrutex, subshrub, genus Trapa, Trapa natans, genus Tribulus, water chestnut, centaury, hydrophytic plant, ling, star-thistle, water caltrop, Tribulus, water plant


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