crotalaria

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

crotalaria(n = noun.plant) rattlebox - any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops; Array

is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant

is a member of genus crotalaria

has particulars: american rattlebox, crotalaria sagitallis, crotalaria spectabilis, indian rattlebox

crotalaria, n. [NL. See Crotalum.].

A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox. [1913 Webster]

" Crotalaria juncea furnishes the fiber called sunn or Bombay hemp." [1913 Webster]

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