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CIDE DICTIONARY

sesban

CIDE DICTIONARY

sesbann. [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.  [1913 Webster]
    " The name is applied also to the similar plant, Sesbania Ægyptiaca, and other species of the same genus."  [1913 Webster]

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