n.
[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.
Note: The name is applied also to the similar plant, Sesbania Ægyptiaca, and other species of the same genus.
