rattlebox Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops
    crotalaria.

WordNet


Rat"tle*box` noun
Definitions
  1. A toy that makes a rattle sound; a rattle.
  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.

Webster 1913