| Pronunciation: | `krowt'lehreeu | ||
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| Matching Terms: | crotalaria sagitallis, crotalaria spectabilis | ||
 WordNet Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | [n] any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops | ||
| Synonyms: | rattlebox | ||
| See Also: | American rattlebox, Crotalaria sagitallis, Crotalaria spectabilis, genus Crotalaria, herb, herbaceous plant, Indian rattlebox | ||
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | \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.
Note: {Crotalaria juncea} furnishes the fiber called sunn or
Bombay hemp.
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