Search Result:caltrop
KK Pronunciation
〔 `kæltrәp 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˋkæktrәp 〕
Overview of noun caltrop
The noun caltrop has 3 senses
- caltrop, devil's weed, Tribulus terestris -- (tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed)
- water chestnut, water chestnut plant, caltrop -- (a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits)
- star-thistle, caltrop, Centauria calcitrapa -- (Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America)