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Webster 1913 Edition


Sesban

Ses′ban

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

Webster 1828 Edition


Sesban

SES'BAN

,
Noun.
A plant; a species of AEschynomene or Bastard sensitive plant.

Definition 2024


sesban

sesban

English

Noun

sesban (plural sesbans)

  1. A leguminous shrub (Sesbania aculeata or others of the genus Sesbania) which furnishes a fiber used for making ropes.