| slovo | definícia |
sesbania
(encz) | sesbania, n: |
sesbania
(wn) | sesbania
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate
leaves and large showy pea-like flowers |
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Sesbania aculeata
(gcide) | Sesban \Ses"ban\, n. [F., fr. Ar. saisab[=a]n, seiseb[=a]n, a
kind of tree, fr. Per. s[imac]sab[=a]n seed of cinquefoil.]
(Bot.)
A leguminous shrub (Sesbania aculeata) which furnishes a
fiber used for making ropes.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is applied also to the similar plant,
Sesbania Aegyptiaca, and other species of the same
genus.
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Sesbania Aegyptiaca
(gcide) | Sesban \Ses"ban\, n. [F., fr. Ar. saisab[=a]n, seiseb[=a]n, a
kind of tree, fr. Per. s[imac]sab[=a]n seed of cinquefoil.]
(Bot.)
A leguminous shrub (Sesbania aculeata) which furnishes a
fiber used for making ropes.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is applied also to the similar plant,
Sesbania Aegyptiaca, and other species of the same
genus.
[1913 Webster] |
genus sesbania
(wn) | genus Sesbania
n 1: small genus of tropical and subtropical leguminous herbs or
shrubs or trees |
sesbania exaltata
(wn) | Sesbania exaltata
n 1: tall-growing annual of southwestern United States widely
grown as green manure; yields a strong tough bast fiber
formerly used by Indians for cordage [syn: {Colorado River
hemp}, Sesbania exaltata] |
sesbania grandiflora
(wn) | Sesbania grandiflora
n 1: a softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink
flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in
southern Florida and West Indies [syn: {scarlet wisteria
tree}, vegetable hummingbird, Sesbania grandiflora] |
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