caltrop English

Meaning caltrop meaning

What does caltrop mean?

caltrop

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

— noun (= star-thistle) Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America

— noun (= water chestnut) a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits

Synonyms caltrop synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as caltrop?

caltrop English » English

water chestnut plant

water chestnut

star-thistle

devil’s weed

caltrap

Tribulus terestris

Centauria calcitrapa

thorns

spike

spider

puncturevine

puncture-vine

puncture vine

obstacles

goathead

crow's foot

caltrop chain

calthrop

bullhead

Mexican sandbur

Chinese water chestnut