SESBANIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does sesbania mean? • SESBANIA (noun)
The noun SESBANIA has 1 sense:
1. any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pea-like flowers
Familiarity information: SESBANIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SESBANIA (noun)
Meaning:
Any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pea-like flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("sesbania" is a kind of...):
legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sesbania"):
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)
Holonyms ("sesbania" is a member of...):
genus Sesbania (small genus of tropical and subtropical leguminous herbs or shrubs or trees)
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