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TRIBULUS TERESTRIS
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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
Sense 1
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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