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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends; makes the sound of falling rain when tilted; origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rain stick
    n 1: a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus
         branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles
         and capped at both ends; makes the sound of falling rain
         when tilted; origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in
         ceremonies to bring rain