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Used for pasture and green-manure crops
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crotalaria
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Crotalaria is a genus of herbaceous plants and woody shrubs in the Family Fabaceae (Subfamily Faboideae ) commonly known as rattlepods . The Crotalaria genus includes about 500 species of herbs and shrubs. Africa is the continent with a majority of Crotalaria ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crotalaria \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.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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: rattlebox ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any of the genus ''Crotalaria'' of herbaceous plants and woody shrubs.
Usage examples of crotalaria.
Sunn hemp, Madras hemp, brown Bombay hemp and Malabar hemp, from Crotalaria juncea.