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AMERICAN RATTLEBOX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does American rattlebox mean?
• AMERICAN RATTLEBOX (noun)
The noun AMERICAN RATTLEBOX has 1 sense:
1. tropical American annual herb having an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle
Familiarity information: AMERICAN RATTLEBOX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American annual herb having an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American rattlebox; Crotalaria sagitallis
Hypernyms ("American rattlebox" is a kind of...):
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)
Holonyms ("American rattlebox" is a member of...):
genus Crotalaria (large genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers; mainly of tropical Africa)
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