HyperDic: genus_crotalaria

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Crotalaria:
NOUNplantgenus Crotalarialarge genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers
English > genus Crotalaria: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers; mainly of tropical Africa.
Member ofPapilionoideae, subfamily PapilionoideaeAlternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
MembersAmerican rattlebox, Crotalaria sagitallisTropical American annual herb having an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle
Indian rattlebox, Crotalaria spectabilisErect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle
crotalaria, rattleboxAny of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle
Broaderrosid dicot genusA genus of dicotyledonous plants
Spanishgenus crotalaria
Catalangenus crotalaria

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