Definition of "rattlebox" in inglés

noun

1. A toy or instrument that makes a rattle sound; a rattle.

2. An American herb (Crotalaria sagittalis), whose ripe seeds rattle in the inflated pod.

3. Any species of Crotalaria, a genus of yellow-flowered herbs, with inflated, many-seeded pods.

4. An ornamental shrub (Sesbania punicea) native to Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.

5. Any species of Rhinanthus, a genus of annual hemiparasitic herbaceous plants.

6. Senna covesii, a perennial subshrub native to the United States and Mexico.

7. A species of moth, (Utetheisa ornatrix), that feeds on Crotalaria.