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INDIAN RATTLEBOX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian rattlebox mean?
• INDIAN RATTLEBOX (noun)
The noun INDIAN RATTLEBOX has 1 sense:
1. erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle; India
Familiarity information: INDIAN RATTLEBOX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle; India
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Crotalaria spectabilis; Indian rattlebox
Hypernyms ("Indian 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 ("Indian 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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