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RATTLEBOX
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops
Synonyms:
crotalaria; rattlebox
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rattlebox" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rattlebox"):
American rattlebox; Crotalaria sagitallis (tropical American annual herb having an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle)
Crotalaria spectabilis; Indian rattlebox (erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle; India)
Holonyms ("rattlebox" is a member of...):
genus Crotalaria (large genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers; mainly of tropical Africa)
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