caltrop

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[1050] Wounded in the foot by a caltrop,[1051] overcome with fatigue, she felt weak, and contrary to her custom she broke her fast, although the day was Friday.

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  1. noun Any of various plants of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, having spiny or tuberculate fruits.
  2. noun A Mediterranean species of star thistle (Centaurea calcitrapa) naturalized in North America.
  3. noun See water chestnut.

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  1. Middle English calketrappe, from Norman French and from Old English calcatrippe, thistle, both from Medieval Latin calcatrippa, thistle : possibly from Latin calcāre, to tread on; see calque + trappa, trap (of Germanic origin).
 

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/ˈkæltrəp, træp/
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