caltrop
A metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the…A metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heraldic charge).
Meaning
3 sensesA metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heraldic charge).
Krähenfuß, Fußangel
чесно́кčesnók, про́волочный ёжpróvoločnyj jož
(colloquial)The starthistle, Centaurea calcitrapa, a plant with sharp thorns.
василёк колючеголо́выйvasiljók koljučegolóvyj
Any of a number of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, including several members of the genus Kallstroemia and the species Tribulus terrestris, native to warm temperate and tropical regions.
я́корец сте́лющийсяjákorec stéljuščijsja, я́корец назе́мныйjákorec nazémnyj
- tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed
- Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America
- a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English calketrappe, from Old English calcatrippe, from Medieval Latin calcatrFrom Middle English calketrappe, from Old English calcatrippe, from Medieval Latin calcatrippa (“thistle”), from Latin calx or calcare (“to tread”) + trappa (“trap”).
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Forms
plural: caltropsSynonyms
11 synonyms- tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed:devil's weedTribulus terestris
- Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America:star-thistleCentauria calcitrapa
- a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits:water chestnutwater chestnut plant