sesbania — noun any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pea like flowers • Hypernyms: ↑legume, ↑leguminous plant • Hyponyms: ↑Colorado River hemp, ↑Sesbania exaltata • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Sesbania … Useful english dictionary
Sesbania exaltata — noun tall growing annual of southwestern United States widely grown as green manure; yields a strong tough bast fiber formerly used by Indians for cordage • Syn: ↑Colorado River hemp • Hypernyms: ↑sesbania … Useful english dictionary
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