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TRIBULUS TERESTRIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Tribulus terestris mean?

• TRIBULUS TERESTRIS (noun)
The noun TRIBULUS TERESTRIS has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: TRIBULUS TERESTRIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TRIBULUS TERESTRIS (noun)

Sense 1

Tribulus terestris ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

caltrop; devil's weed; Tribulus terestris

Hypernyms ("Tribulus terestris" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("Tribulus terestris" is a member of...):

genus Tribulus; Tribulus (annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs of warm regions)

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