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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
caltrop \cal"trop\, caltrap \cal"trap\, n. oe. calketrappe,
calletrappe, caltor in both senses, fr. as. collraeppe,
calcetreppe, sort of thistle; cf. f. chaussetrape star
thistle, trap, it. calcatreppo, calcatreppolo, star thistle.
perh. from l. calx heel + the same word as e. trap. see 1st
trap.
1. bot. a genus of herbaceous plants tribulus of the
order zygophylleae, having a hard several-celled
fruit, armed with stout spines, and resembling the
military instrument of the same name. the species grow in
warm countries, and are often very annoying to cattle.
1913 webster
2. mil. an instrument with four iron points, so disposed
that, any three of them being on the ground, the other
projects upward. they are scattered on the ground where an
enemy's cavalry are to pass, to impede their progress by
endangering the horses' feet.
1913 webster
see also:
trap tribulus zygophylleae
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
caltrop
n 1: tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit
that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture
weed syn: devil's weed, tribulus terestris
2: a plant of the genus trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible
nutlike fruits syn: water chestnut, water chestnut
plant
3: mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to
purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales;
naturalized in america syn: star-thistle, centauria
calcitrapa
see also:
devil's weed tribulus terestris water chestnut water chestnut plant star-thistle centauria calcitrapa
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