sesban, n. [F., fr. Ar. saisabān, seisebān, a kind of tree, fr. Per. sīsabān seed of cinquefoil.].
A leguminous shrub (
Sesbania aculeata) which furnishes a fiber used for making ropes. [
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" The name is applied also to the similar plant, Sesbania Ægyptiaca, and other species of the same genus."
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