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trib·u·lus

 (trĭb′yə-ləs)
n.
See puncture vine.
[New Latin Tribulus, genus name, from Latin tribolus, tribulus, spiny plant, puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris), water chestnut, from Greek tribolos.]
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Noun1.tribulus - annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs of warm regionsTribulus - annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs of warm regions
genus Tribulus
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
bean-caper family, family Zygophyllaceae, Zygophyllaceae - small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea
caltrop, devil's weed, Tribulus terestris - tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed
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