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rattlebox

noun

Etymology

From rattle + box.

  1. derived from Boxenstopp
  2. derived from pyxis
  3. derived from buxis
  4. inherited from *buhsā✻
  5. inherited from box
  6. inherited from box — “container, box, cup”
  7. compounded as rattlebox — “rattle + box”

Definitions

  1. A toy or instrument that makes a rattle sound

    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…

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

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

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

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

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

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA