caltrop vs water chestnut

caltrop

noun
  • The starthistle, Centaurea calcitrapa, a plant with sharp thorns. 

  • A small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles. 

  • The same object represented as a heraldic charge. 

  • 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. 

water chestnut

noun
  • A corm of a plant of this species. 

  • A water caltrop (Trapa natans). 

  • Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis), grown for its edible corm, used in Asian cooking. 

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