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Meaning of CROTALARIA

Pronunciation:  `krowt'lehreeu

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
 
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 Synonyms: rattlebox
 
 See Also: American rattlebox, Crotalaria sagitallis, Crotalaria spectabilis, genus Crotalaria, herb, herbaceous plant, Indian rattlebox

 

 

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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