AMERICAN RATTLEBOX

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Meaning:

Tropical American annual herb having an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle

Synonyms:

American rattlebox; Crotalaria sagitallis

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Nouns denoting plants

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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