Indian rattlebox
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Indian rattlebox
A geode containing loose sand particles that rattle when the geode is shaken.
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| Noun | 1. | Indian rattlebox - erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle; India genus Crotalaria - large genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers; mainly of tropical Africa crotalaria, rattlebox - any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops |
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