caltrop

英 ['kæltrəp] 美 ['kæltrəp]

• 蒺藜

英英释义

Noun:

1. tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed

2. a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits

3. Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America

词汇搭配

• water caltrop [植]扎草

近反义词

【近义词】

• water chestnut 【植】菱角
• star-thistle 矢车菊