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