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rattlebox
/ ˈæəˌɒ /
noun
- any of various tropical and subtropical leguminous plants that have inflated pods within which the seeds rattle
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Ornate moths absorb noxious chemicals called alkaloids from rattlebox flowers and hang onto them as chemical defenses.
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Then there is the fabulously named yellow rattlebox.
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"No!" exclaimed Jumpo, as he tied his tail in three hard knots and untied it as quickly as you can watch the baby shake his rattlebox.
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"Gracious, what a rattlebox you're getting to be, Alice," spoke Ruth, soberly, as she laid aside her sewing and went to the bureau for her pocketbook.
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We will not be here late enough in the season to shake the rattlebox and hear the seeds inside it that give it its name.
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