CROTALARIA

crotalaria, rattlebox

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

crotalaria (plural crotalarias)

(botany) Any of the genus Crotalaria of herbaceous plants and woody shrubs.

Source: Wiktionary

Crot`a*la"ri*a (krt`-l"r- or kr`t-l"r-A), n. Etym: [NL. See Crotalum.] (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.

Note: Crotalaria juncea furnishes the fiber called sunn or Bombay hemp.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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