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CROTALARIA SPECTABILIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle; India
Synonyms:
Crotalaria spectabilis; Indian rattlebox
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Crotalaria spectabilis" is a kind of...):
crotalaria; rattlebox (any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops)
Holonyms ("Crotalaria spectabilis" is a member of...):
genus Crotalaria (large genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers; mainly of tropical Africa)