noun
large genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers; mainly of tropical Africa
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae
• Member Meronyms: ↑crotalaria, ↑rattlebox, ↑American rattlebox, ↑Crotalaria sagitallis, ↑Indian rattlebox, ↑Crotalaria spectabilis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.