rattlebox

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noun

A toy or instrument that makes a rattle sound; a rattle.

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Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounrattlebox (plural rattleboxes)

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.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops

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Broader
herbherbaceous plant

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

rattlebox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rattlebox

MLA

“rattlebox.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rattlebox. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rattlebox,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rattlebox.

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