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caltrop::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | water chestnut, water chestnut plant |
| Type of | aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant |
| Has types | trapa bicornis, water caltrop, jesuits' nut, ling, ling ko, trapa natans |
caltrop::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | centauria calcitrapa, star-thistle |
| Type of | centaury |
caltrop::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | devil's weed, tribulus terestris |
| Type of | suffrutex, subshrub |
Examples of caltrop
caltrop
Endemic species include water caltrop and lady's slipper.
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A caltrop is a machine composed of four spikes or points arranged so that in whatever manner it is thrown on the ground, it rests on three and presents the fourth upright.
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- Tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed
- Water chestnut: a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
- Star-thistle: Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America
- A caltrop (also known as caltrap, galtrop, cheval trap, galthrap, galtrap, calthrop, crow's footBattle of Alesia (Caesar's conquest of Gaul in 52 BC)), Battlefield Detectives program, (2006), rebroadcast: 2008-09-08 on History Channel International (13;00-14:00 hrs EDST); Note: No mention of ...
- (Caltrops (website)) Old Man Murray (aka OMM) was a computer game commentary and reviews site, well-known for its highly irreverent and satiric tone. It was written and edited by Chet Faliszek and Erik Wolpaw. ...
- A small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to passers-by; The starthistle, Centaurea calcitrapa, a plant with sharp thorns; A flowering plant, Tribulus terrestris, in the family Zygophyllaceae, native to warm temperate and ...
- (Caltrops) A common slang term for 4-sided dice where the traditional tetrahedron shape of the die means a pointy end is always pointing up waiting in ambush for poorly shod gamers.
- (Caltrops) small four pointed metal weapons that were strewn on the ground. They were designed in a way that one point would always be straight up. This would be a danger to enemies and in particular horses.
- Four iron spikes joined together so that when the caltrop is on the ground a spike is always pointing upwards. Used to disable infantry and cavalry.
