Definition of Crotalaria spectabilis

1. Noun. Erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle; India.

Exact synonyms: Indian Rattlebox
Group relationships: Genus Crotalaria
Generic synonyms: Crotalaria, Rattlebox

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crotalaria Spectabilis

Cronus
Crooke's granules
Crooke's hyaline change
Crooke's hyaline degeneration
Crookes
Crookes-Hittorf tube
Crookes radiometer
Crookes tube
Cropper
Crosby
Crosby capsule
Cross
Crossopterygii
Crotalaria sagitallis
Crotalaria spectabilis (current term)
Crotalidae
Crotalus adamanteus
Crotalus antitoxin
Crotalus atrox
Crotalus cerastes
Crotalus horridus atricaudatus
Crotalus horridus horridus
Crotalus lepidus
Crotalus mitchellii
Crotalus scutulatus
Crotalus tigris
Crotalus toxin
Crotalus viridis
Crotaphytus

Literary usage of Crotalaria spectabilis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biologic Markers in Pulmonary Toxicology by National Research Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on Pulmonary Toxicology (1989)
"... 1978, 1979b) or given Crotalaria spectabilis (Meyrick et al., 1980), it has been shown that the precursor smooth muscle cells undergo hypertrophy and, ..."

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