rattleweed

English

Etymology

From rattle +‎ weed.

Noun

rattleweed (plural rattleweeds)

  1. Any plant of the genus Astragalus.[1]
  2. Other plants
    1. Baptisia arachnifera, an endangered legume native to the United States.
    2. Clematis fremontii, a flowering plant in the buttercup family found in the United States.
    3. Crotalaria retusa, a flowering legume native to tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia.
    4. Senna covesii, a perennial subshrub native to the United States and Mexico.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ “rattleweed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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