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sesbania

DEFINITIONS OF: sesbania

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n any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pea-like flowers

Types:
Colorado River hemp, Sesbania exaltata
tall-growing annual of southwestern United States widely grown as green manure; yields a strong tough bast fiber formerly used by Indians for cordage
Type of:
legume, leguminous plant
an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
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