crotalaria (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *crotalaria*:
NOUN	plant	crotalaria, rattlebox	any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle

English > *crotalaria*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops.
Synonym	rattlebox
Member of	genus Crotalaria	large genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers
Narrower	American rattlebox, Crotalaria sagitallis	Tropical American annual herb having an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle
Narrower	Indian rattlebox, Crotalaria spectabilis	Erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle
Broader	herb, herbaceous plant	A plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanish	crotalaria
Catalan	crotalaria

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