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Значения термина devil's weed на английском

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

        Синонимы
        Examples for "caltrop"
        Examples for "caltrop"
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        Sooner or later, the worm forsakes this kind of caltrop which catches on to everything.
        The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
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        Running battles in combat-centric role-playing games can be as painful as stepping on a caltrop.
        Wired
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        One stepped on a caltrop hidden under the straw.
        The Lair of Bones
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        But would a caltrop harm a reaver?
        The Lair of Bones
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        It hissed in pain and raised its tail high, spraying a warning, as it pulled the caltrop from its foot.
        The Lair of Bones
        Использование термина devil's weed на английском
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        It may be inferred from this, that he was of the opinion of King James, that tobacco was the " devil's weed."
        Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2