CROTALARIA SPECTABILIS

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Meaning:

Erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle; India

Synonyms:

Crotalaria spectabilis; Indian rattlebox

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Crotalaria spectabilis" is a kind of...):

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)

Holonyms ("Crotalaria spectabilis" is a member of...):

genus Crotalaria (large genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers; mainly of tropical Africa)

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