SESBANIA GRANDIFLORA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sesbania grandiflora mean? 

• SESBANIA GRANDIFLORA (noun)
  The noun SESBANIA GRANDIFLORA has 1 sense:

1. a softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in southern Florida and West Indies

  Familiarity information: SESBANIA GRANDIFLORA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SESBANIA GRANDIFLORA (noun)

Meaning:

A softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in southern Florida and West Indies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

scarlet wisteria tree; Sesbania grandiflora; vegetable hummingbird

Hypernyms ("Sesbania grandiflora" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("Sesbania grandiflora" is a member of...):

genus Sesbania (small genus of tropical and subtropical leguminous herbs or shrubs or trees)