Synonyms
1. caltrop
noun. tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed.
Synonyms
- subshrub
- devil's weed
- suffrutex
- Tribulus
- Tribulus terestris
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2. caltrop
noun. a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits.
Synonyms
- hydrophytic plant
- Trapa bicornis
- aquatic plant
- genus Trapa
- water plant
- Trapa natans
- ling ko
- water chestnut
- hydrophyte
- ling
- Trapa
- Jesuits' nut
- water caltrop
3. caltrop
noun. Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America.
Synonyms
- centaury
- Centauria calcitrapa
Example sentences of the word caltrop
1. Noun, singular or mass
Many people consider the plant Tribulus terrestris or bindii, a member of the caltrop family, an aphrodisiac.