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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rattlebox \Rat"tle*box`\, n. 1. A toy that makes a rattle sound; a rattle. 2. (Bot.) a An American herb ({Crotalaria sagittalis}), the seeds of which when ripe, rattle in the inflated pod. b Any species of {Crotalaria}, a genus of yellow-flowered herbs, with inflated, many-seeded pods. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crotalaria \Crot`a*la"ri*a\ (kr?t`?-l?"r?-? or kr?`t?-l?"r?-A), n. [NL. See {Crotalum}.] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox. Note: {Crotalaria juncea} furnishes the fiber called sunn or Bombay hemp. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crotalaria n : any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops [syn: {rattlebox}]
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