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English noun: caltrop | |||
| 1. | caltrop (plant) tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed | ||
| Synonyms | devil's weed, Tribulus terestris | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | subshrub, suffrutex | ||
| Member meronym | genus Tribulus, Tribulus | ||
| 2. | caltrop (plant) a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits | ||
| Synonyms | water chestnut, water chestnut plant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Jesuits' nut, ling, ling ko, Trapa bicornis, Trapa natans, water caltrop | ||
| Member meronym | genus Trapa, Trapa | ||
| 3. | caltrop (plant) Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America | ||
| Synonyms | Centauria calcitrapa, star-thistle | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | centaury | ||
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