devil's weed

Definitions of devil's weed
  1. noun
    tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed
    synonyms: Tribulus terestris, caltrop
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    type of:
    subshrub, suffrutex
    low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
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