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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A prostrate weed (Tribulus terrestris) native to the Old World, having opposite, pinnately compound leaves and woody fruit with stout divergent spines. Also called puncture vine.
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- From the fact that the fruit can puncture tires. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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