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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