| NOUN | plant | Indian rattlebox, Crotalaria spectabilis | erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle |
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| Meaning | Erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle; India. | |
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| Synonym | Crotalaria spectabilis | |
| Member of | genus Crotalaria | large genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers |
| Broader | crotalaria, rattlebox | Any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle |
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