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    INDIAN RATTLEBOX

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Crotalaria spectabilis; Indian rattlebox

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Indian rattlebox" 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 ("Indian rattlebox" 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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