Definition of caltrops

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  • caltrops is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
  • caltrops is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
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Definition of caltrops

  • a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. water chestnut
    2. water chestnut plant
  • Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. centauria calcitrapa
    2. star-thistle
  • tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. devil's weed
    2. tribulus terestris

See definition of caltrops in Merriam Webster