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Crotalaria

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Crotˊa-la′ri-a

(kr?tˊ?-l?′r?-? or kr?ˊt?-l?′r?-A)
,
Noun.
[NL. See
Crotalum
.]
(Bot.)
A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.
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Crotalaria juncea
furnishes the fiber called sunn or Bombay hemp.