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crotalaria
(encz) | crotalaria, n: |
Crotalaria
(gcide) | Rattlebox \Rat"tle*box`\ (r[a^]t"t'l*b[o^]ks`), n.
1. A toy that makes a rattling sound; a rattle.
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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.
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Crotalaria
(gcide) | Crotalaria \Crot`a*la"ri*a\ (kr?t`?-l?"r?-? or kr?`t?-l?"r?-A),
n. [NL. See Crotalum.] (Bot.)
A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.
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Note: Crotalaria juncea furnishes the fiber called sunn or
Bombay hemp.
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crotalaria
(wn) | crotalaria
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having
inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for
pasture and green-manure crops [syn: crotalaria,
rattlebox] |
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crotalaria
(encz) | crotalaria, n: |
Crotalaria juncea
(gcide) | Sunn \Sunn\, n. [Hind. san, fr. Skr. [,c]ana.] (Bot.)
An East Indian leguminous plant (Crotalaria juncea) and its
fiber, which is also called sunn hemp. [Written also
sun.]
[1913 Webster]Crotalaria \Crot`a*la"ri*a\ (kr?t`?-l?"r?-? or kr?`t?-l?"r?-A),
n. [NL. See Crotalum.] (Bot.)
A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.
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Note: Crotalaria juncea furnishes the fiber called sunn or
Bombay hemp.
[1913 Webster]Hemp \Hemp\ (h[e^]mp), n. [OE. hemp, AS. henep, h[ae]nep; akin
to D. hennep, OHG. hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp,
Sw. hampa, L. cannabis, cannabum, Gr. ka`nnabis, ka`nnabos;
cf. Russ. konoplia, Skr. [,c]a[.n]a; all prob. borrowed from
some other language at an early time. Cf. Cannabine,
Canvas.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Cannabis ({Cannabis
sativa}), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for
making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to
various other plants yielding fiber.
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2. The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for
spinning. The name has also been extended to various
fibers resembling the true hemp.
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African hemp, Bowstring hemp. See under African, and
Bowstring.
Bastard hemp, the Asiatic herb Datisca cannabina.
Canada hemp, a species of dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum),
the fiber of which was used by the Indians.
Hemp agrimony, a coarse, composite herb of Europe
(Eupatorium cannabinum), much like the American boneset.
Hemp nettle, a plant of the genus Galeopsis ({Galeopsis
Tetrahit}), belonging to the Mint family.
Indian hemp. See under Indian, a.
Manila hemp, the fiber of Musa textilis.
Sisal hemp, the fiber of Agave sisalana, of Mexico and
Yucatan.
Sunn hemp, a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant
(Crotalaria juncea).
Water hemp, an annual American weed (Acnida cannabina),
related to the amaranth.
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Crotalaria sagittalis
(gcide) | Rattlebox \Rat"tle*box`\ (r[a^]t"t'l*b[o^]ks`), n.
1. A toy that makes a rattling sound; a rattle.
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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.
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crotalaria
(wn) | crotalaria
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having
inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for
pasture and green-manure crops [syn: crotalaria,
rattlebox] |
crotalaria sagitallis
(wn) | Crotalaria sagitallis
n 1: tropical American annual herb having an inflated pod in
which the ripe seeds rattle [syn: American rattlebox,
Crotalaria sagitallis] |
crotalaria spectabilis
(wn) | Crotalaria spectabilis
n 1: erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated
pod in which the ripe seeds rattle; India [syn: {Indian
rattlebox}, Crotalaria spectabilis] |
genus crotalaria
(wn) | genus Crotalaria
n 1: large genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of
yellow flowers; mainly of tropical Africa |
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