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rattleweed

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any plant of the genus Astragalus. of milkvetches.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: milkvetch, locoweed

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

Certain other plants:

Cobwebby wild indigo (Baptisia arachnifera), an endangered legume native to the United States.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 3

Certain other plants:

Fremont’s leather flower (Clematis fremontii), a flowering plant in the buttercup family found in the United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 4

Certain other plants:

Rattlepod (Crotalaria retusa), a flowering legume native to tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 5

Certain other plants:

Desert senna (Senna covesii), a perennial subshrub native to the United States and Mexico.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 6

Certain other plants:

Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rattleroot

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From rattle + weed.