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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 cro·ta·lar·ia /ˌkrotəˈlærɪə, ˌkrɑ-/ 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rat·tle·box n.
 1. A toy that makes a rattling 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.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Crot·a·la·ri·a n.  Bot. A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.
 Note: ☞ Crotalaria juncea furnishes the fiber called sunn or Bombay hemp.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]