noun
Meaning 1
A toy or instrument that makes a rattle sound; a rattle.
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Standard Lemma guide
rattlebox
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noun
Meaning 2
An American herb (Crotalaria sagittalis), whose ripe seeds rattle in the inflated pod.
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Meaning 3
Any species of Crotalaria, a genus of yellow-flowered herbs, with inflated, many-seeded pods.
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Meaning 4
An ornamental shrub (Sesbania punicea) native to Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
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Meaning 5
Any species of Rhinanthus, a genus of annual hemiparasitic herbaceous plants.
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Meaning 6
Senna covesii, a perennial subshrub native to the United States and Mexico.
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noun
Meaning 7
A species of moth, (Utetheisa ornatrix), that feeds on Crotalaria.
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noun
Meaning 8
any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: American rattlebox, Crotalaria sagitallis, Indian rattlebox, Crotalaria spectabilis
History
Etymology
From rattle + box.