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water caltrop
Water chestnut Wa"ter chest"nut (Bot.) The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself; -- called also water caltrop.
Water caltrop
Water caltrop Wa"ter cal"trop (Bot.) The water chestnut.

Meaning of Caltrop from wikipedia

- A caltrop (also known as caltrap, galtrop, cheval trap, galthrap, galtrap, calthrop, jackrock or crow's foot) is an area denial weapon made up of two...
- The water caltrop is any of three extant species of the genus Trapa: Trapa natans, Trapa bicornis and the endangered Trapa rossica. It is also known as...
- Tribulus terrestris is an annual plant in the caltrop family (Zygophyllaceae) widely distributed around the world. It is adapted to thrive in dry climate...
- Zygophyllaceae is a family of flowering plants that contains the bean-caper and caltrop. The family includes around 285 species in 22 genera. Plants in the family...
- roughbark lignum-vitae, guaiacwood or gaïacwood, is a species of tree in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae, that is native to the Caribbean and the northern...
- californica is a species of flowering plant in the caltrop family known by the common name California caltrop. It is native to the deserts of the Southwestern...
- Eleocharis dulcis, or Chinese water chestnut, eaten for its crisp corm Water caltrop, Trapa natans, eaten for its starchy seed Chinese cuisine Chinese chestnut...
- The term makibishi (撒き菱 or 撒菱) refers to the ****anese version of the caltrop. The tool (igadama) is a sharp spiked object that was used in feudal ****an...
- (Macadamia integrifolia), candlenut (Aleurites molucc****) and the water caltrop (Trapa bicornis). A drupe is an indehiscent fruit that has an outer fleshy...
- stem-like, tubular green leaves that grow to about 1.5 m (5 ft). The water caltrop, which also is referred to by the same name, is unrelated and often confused...