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- Traditional caltrops and mines from the Mongol Empire During service in World War I, Australian Light Horse troops collected caltrops as keepsakes....
- significantly upon wild water caltrops to supplement their normal diet and, in times of cultivated cereal crop failure, water caltrops may even have been the...
- Tribulus terrestris is an annual plant in the caltrop family (Zygophyllaceae) widely distributed around the world. It is adapted to thrive in dry climate...
- of sharpened sticks (also known as punji sticks), and the use of small caltrops have been a feature of anti-infantry warfare for centuries. They are known...
- described as used by Julius Caesar. A more modern version of this are caltrops. P****ive fortification—ditches and obstacles such as dragon's teeth and...
- Zygophyllaceae is a family of flowering plants that contains the bean-caper and caltrop. The family includes around 285 species in 22 genera. Plants in the family...
- The term makibishi (撒き菱 or 撒菱) refers to the ****anese version of the caltrop. The tool (igadama) is a sharp spiked object that was used in feudal ****an...
- throughout Africa, and Australia. It produces spiky seeds that are shaped like caltrops. Plants named Goat's head Seeds of Acanthospermum hispidum Fruit of Proboscidea...
- californica is a species of flowering plant in the caltrop family known by the common name California caltrop. It is native to the deserts of the Southwestern...
- the UK". O'Bryan, John (23 April 2013). A History of Weapons: Crossbows, Caltrops, Catapults & Lots of Other Things that Can Seriously Mess You up. Chronicle...