CALTROP Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the word caltrop. (close relations)
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| knapweed | nounn | |||||
noun • any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers | ||||||
| star-thistle | nounn | |||||
noun • Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America | ||||||
| calthrop | nounn | |||||
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| caltrap | nounn | |||||
noun • 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. • The same object represented as a heraldic charge. • The starthistle, Centaurea calcitrapa, a plant with sharp thorns. • Any of a number of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, including several members of the genus Kallstroemia and the species Tribulus terrestris, native to warm temperate and tropical regions. | ||||||
| centauria calcitrapa | nounn | |||||
noun • Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America | ||||||
| devil's weed | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed | ||||||
| tribulus terestris | nounn | |||||
noun • tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed | ||||||
| water chestnut | nounn | |||||
noun • a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits • Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers • edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant | ||||||
| water chestnut plant | nounn | |||||
noun • a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits | ||||||
