'Crotalaria' definitions:
Definition of 'crotalaria'
From: WordNet
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, rattlebox]
Definition of 'Crotalaria'
From: GCIDE
- Rattlebox \Rat"tle*box`\ (r[a^]t"t'l*b[o^]ks`), n.
- 1. A toy that makes a rattling sound; a rattle. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Crotalaria'
From: GCIDE
- Crotalaria \Crot`a*la"ri*a\ (kr?t`?-l?"r?-? or kr?`t?-l?"r?-A), n. [NL. See Crotalum.] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Crotalaria juncea furnishes the fiber called sunn or Bombay hemp. [1913 Webster]