Category:Sesban

Ses"ban, n. Etym: [f., fr. Ar. saisaban, seiseban, a kind of tree, Fr. Per. sisaban seed of cinquefoil.] (bot.)

Defn: a leguminous shrub (sesbania aculeata) which furnishes a fiber Used for making ropes.

Note: the name is applied also to the similar plant, sesbania Ægyptiaca, and other species of the same genus.