RATTLEBOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rattlebox mean? 

• RATTLEBOX (noun)
  The noun RATTLEBOX has 1 sense:

1. any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops

  Familiarity information: RATTLEBOX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RATTLEBOX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

crotalaria; rattlebox

Hypernyms ("rattlebox" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rattlebox"):

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)

Holonyms ("rattlebox" is a member of...):

genus Crotalaria (large genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers; mainly of tropical Africa)