Definition of "rattleweed" []

• Any plant of the genus Astragalus. (noun)

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• "I have known this Simwa since he was first tied in a basket, and, though he has grown to be war leader, I think he is most like a pod of rattleweed that is swollen to twice its size at the end of the season, yet has no more in it than at the beginning."
• "The black cohosh plant is also referred to as black snakeroot, bugbane, rattleroot, and rattleweed."