rattlebox
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rat·tle·box
(răt′l-bŏks′)n.
Any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria of the pea family, having inflated pods containing seeds that rattle when the stem is moved.
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rattlebox
(ˈrætəlˌbɒks)n
(Plants) any of various tropical and subtropical leguminous plants that have inflated pods within which the seeds rattle
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| Noun | 1. |  rattlebox - any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure cropsherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Crotalaria - large genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers; mainly of tropical Africa American rattlebox, Crotalaria sagitallis - tropical American annual herb having an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle Crotalaria spectabilis, Indian rattlebox - erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle; India |
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