Crotalaria (Noun)
Meaning
Any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The nearby fields were filled with crotalaria whose seeds rattled in the wind as the pods dried.
- Crotalaria served as an invaluable source for the sustainable agriculture practices adopted in the area.
- Crotalaria, a plant commonly found in tropical climates, provided nutritious forage for the cattle.
- As an effective nitrogen fixer, the farmer decided to sow crotalaria to replenish the depleted soil.
- Researchers experimented using crotalaria as an environmentally friendly alternative for the area's traditional green-manure crops.