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rattlebox

n.
1 a rattle consisting of a box with objects inside.
2 a rickety old vehicle etc.

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noun

any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops

• Syn: ↑crotalaria

• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant

• Hyponyms: ↑American rattlebox, ↑Crotalaria sagitallis, ↑Indian rattlebox, ↑Crotalaria spectabilis

• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Crotalaria

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun

1. : a rattle in the shape of a box

2.

a. : rattle 3a

b. : a plant of the genus Crotalaria; especially : an American annual herb (C. sagittalis) the ripe seeds of which rattle in the inflated pod

c. : silver bell

d. : bladder campion 1

e. : seedbox 2

Useful english dictionary. 2012.