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rattlebox

rattlebox noun: a toy or instrument that makes a rattle sound; a rattle.

rattlebox: a toy or instrument that makes a rattle sound; a rattle
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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.

Forms of rattlebox

pluralrattleboxes

Origin of rattlebox

From rattle + box.

Questions about rattlebox

What does rattlebox mean?
Rattlebox means a toy or instrument that makes a rattle sound; a rattle.
What part of speech is rattlebox?
Rattlebox is a noun.
What is the plural of rattlebox?
The plural of rattlebox is rattleboxes.

Words near rattlebox in the dictionary

  1. rattleback
  2. rattlebacks
  3. rattlebag
  4. rattlebags
  5. rattlebones
  6. rattlebox
  7. rattleboxes
  8. rattlebrain
  9. rattlebrained
  10. rattlebrains
  11. rattlebush

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