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Caltrop Common

Caltrop has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed

2

a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits

3

Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America

4

A small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
subshrub aquatic plant centaury
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
water caltrop ling
Rhyming Words
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