Rattlebox \Rat"tle*box`\, n.
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |