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Rattlebox

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

Etymology

From rattle + box.

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