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caltrop family — the plant family Zygophyllaceae, typified by tropical herbaceous plants and shrubs having pinnate leaves, solitary or paired regular flowers, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the creosote bush, lignum vitae, and puncture vine … Useful english dictionary
caltrop — [kal′trəp, kal′träp΄] n. [ME calketrappe < OE calcatrippe, star thistle & OFr chaucetrape, both < ML calcatrippa < L calcare, to tread upon (< calx, heel: see CALCAR) + Gmc * trippon, TRIP] 1. an iron device with four spikes, placed… … English World dictionary
caltrop — also calthrop noun Etymology: Middle English caltrappe, alteration of calketrappe star thistle, from Old English calcatrippe, from Medieval Latin calcatrippa Date: 15th century 1. a. plural but singular or pl … New Collegiate Dictionary
Caltrop — For the plant or its fruit, see water caltrop. Iron caltrop used in Vietnam. A caltrop (also known as caltrap, galtrop, cheval trap, galthrap, galtrap,[1] calthrop … Wikipedia
water caltrop — noun a variety of water chestnut • Syn: ↑Jesuits nut, ↑Trapa natans • Hypernyms: ↑water chestnut, ↑water chestnut plant, ↑caltrop * * * noun 1 … Useful english dictionary
Kallstroemia — Taxobox name = Kallstroemia image width = 230px image caption = Kallstroemia grandiflora regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Zygophyllales familia = Zygophyllaceae genus = Kallstroemia genus authority= Scop.… … Wikipedia
zygophyllaceous — /zuy goh feuh lay sheuhs, zig oh /, adj. belonging to the Zygophyllaceae, the caltrop family of plants. Cf. caltrop family. [1885 90; < NL Zygophyllace(ae) family name (Zygophyll(um) the type genus (see ZYGO , PHYLL) + aceae ACEAE) + OUS] * * * … Universalium
puncture vine — noun Date: 1911 an Old World annual prostrate herb (Tribulus terrestris) of the caltrop family that has hard spiny pods and is a troublesome weed especially in the western U.S. called also caltrop … New Collegiate Dictionary
Kallstroemia californica — Taxobox name = Kallstroemia californica regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Zygophyllales familia = Zygophyllaceae genus = Kallstroemia species = K. californica binomial = Kallstroemia californica binomial… … Wikipedia
Zygophyllaceae — Taxobox name = Zygophyllaceae image width = 250px image caption = Krameria lappacea regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Zygophyllales familia = Zygophyllaceae familia authority = R.Br., 1814 subdivision ranks … Wikipedia
