Rattlebox

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rattlebox
       n : 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}]