| 单词 | rattlepod |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrattlepod rattlepod n. chiefly Australian any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)) (cf. rattlebox n. 2a); also in plural. ΚΠ 1898 A. M. Davidson Calif. Plants 133 There are ‘rattle-pods’, so common in sandy soil; this plant is called loco weed by the stockmen, and is believed to loco horses. 1935 F. D. Davison & B. Nicholls Blue Coast Caravan 268 Rattle-pod, a shrub that lived up to its name..when its branches were shaken. 1981 J. A. Baines Austral. Plant Genera 108 Crotalaria..Gk. krotalon, a rattle or clapper; because the seeds rattle in the inflated pods, hence the common name rattlepods. < as lemmas |
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