Meaning Of The Word Caltrop

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Caltrop Meaning

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caltrop in American English
an iron device with four spikes, placed on the ground so that one spike sticks up to hinder enemy cavalry designating a family (Zygophyllaceae) of dicotyledonous plants, shrubs, or trees (order Sapindales), including guaiacum, creosote bush, and bean caper noun: any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa caltrop in British English noun: any tropical or subtropical plant of the zygophyllaceous genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia that have spiny burs or bracts |
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