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蒺藜:欧洲的一种长有带刺果实和复叶的倒伏在地的植物(蒺藜蒺藜属) 也作 puncture vine
Etymology语源
[From the fact that the fruit can puncture tires] [源于果实可被抓穿的事实]