HyperDic: crotalaria_spectabilis

English > 1 sense of the expression Crotalaria spectabilis:
NOUNplantCrotalaria spectabilis, Indian rattleboxerect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle
English > Crotalaria spectabilis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningErect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle; India.
SynonymIndian rattlebox
Member ofgenus Crotalarialarge genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers
Broadercrotalaria, rattleboxAny of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle

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