| NOUN | plant | genus Crotalaria | large genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers |
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| Meaning | large genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers; mainly of tropical Africa. | |
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| Member of | Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae |
| Members | American rattlebox, Crotalaria sagitallis | Tropical American annual herb having an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle |
| Indian rattlebox, Crotalaria spectabilis | Erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle | |
| crotalaria, rattlebox | Any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle | |
| Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
| Spanish | genus crotalaria | |
| Catalan | genus crotalaria | |
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