rattlebox

English

A rattlebox (instrument)

Crotalaria sagittalis

Sesbania punicea

Rhinanthus seed pods

Senna covesii

Utetheisa ornatrix

Wikispecies

Etymology

From rattle +‎ box.

Noun

rattlebox (plural rattleboxes)

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.