Indian rattlebox

Definitions of Indian rattlebox
  1. noun
    erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle; India
    synonyms: Crotalaria spectabilis
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    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
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