Dictionary

rattleweed en · NOUN

Etymology

From rattle + weed.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any plant of the genus Astragalus. of milkvetches.
2. (countable, uncountable) Certain other plants: ▸ Cobwebby wild indigo (Baptisia arachnifera), an endangered legume native to the United States.
3. (countable, uncountable) Certain other plants: ▸ Fremont’s leather flower (Clematis fremontii), a flowering plant in the buttercup family found in the United States.
4. (countable, uncountable) Certain other plants: ▸ Rattlepod (Crotalaria retusa), a flowering legume native to tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia.
5. (countable, uncountable) Certain other plants: ▸ Desert senna (Senna covesii), a perennial subshrub native to the United States and Mexico.
6. (countable, uncountable) Certain other plants: ▸ Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa)

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Synonyms

milkvetch · rattleroot · locoweed