sesban

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A leguminous shrub (Sesbania aculeata or others of the genus Sesbania), whose fiber can be used for making ropes.

Word forms

sesban sesbans

Etymology

Borrowed from French sesban, from Arabic سَيْسَبَان (saysabān).

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