English Explanatory Dictionary

rattlebox

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

rattlebox rattleboxes

Etymology

From rattle + box.

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