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English Dictionary: Crotalaria by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Crotalaria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crotalaria
n
  1. any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops
    Synonym(s): crotalaria, rattlebox
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rattlebox \Rat"tle*box`\, n.
      1. A toy that makes a rattle sound; a rattle.
  
      2. (Bot.)
            (a) An American herb ({Crotalaria sagittalis}), the seeds
                  of which, when ripe, rattle in the inflated pod.
            (b) Any species of {Crotalaria}, a genus of
                  yellow-flowered herbs, with inflated, many-seeded
                  pods.
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