rattleweeds

Noun

rattleweed (countable and uncountable, plural rattleweeds)

1. Any plant of the genus Astragalus. of milkvetches.

   Synonyms:

   milkvetch, locoweed

2. Cobwebby wild indigo (Baptisia arachnifera), an endangered legume native to the United States.
3. Fremont’s leather flower (Clematis fremontii), a flowering plant in the buttercup family found in the United States.
4. Rattlepod (Crotalaria retusa), a flowering legume native to tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia.
5. Desert senna (Senna covesii), a perennial subshrub native to the United States and Mexico.
6. Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa)

   Synonyms:

   rattleroot