n 1  cap  :  a large genus of usu. tropical and subtropical plants of the family Leguminosae with yellow flowers and inflated pods including some containing toxic alkaloids esp. in the seeds that are poisonous to farm animals and humans  2  :  any plant of the genus Crotalaria - called also rattlebox  .
 
   
 
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