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sesban

sesban noun: a leguminous shrub (Sesbania aculeata or others of the genus Sesbania), whose fiber can be used for making ropes.

Noun

sesban (plural sesbans)

  1. A leguminous shrub (Sesbania aculeata or others of the genus Sesbania), whose fiber can be used for making ropes.
    • The sesban belongs to the pulse family which contains a number of poisonous plants like the lupine, rattle-box loco weed, etc.1919, Veterinary Medicine, volume 14, page 246

sesban meaning in Tamil

sesban in Tamil

நெல்லித்தாளி

Forms of sesban

pluralsesbans

Origin of sesban

Borrowed from French sesban, from Arabic سَيْسَبَان (saysabān).

Questions about sesban

What does sesban mean?
Sesban means a leguminous shrub (Sesbania aculeata or others of the genus Sesbania), whose fiber can be used for making ropes.
What is sesban in Tamil?
Sesban in Tamil is நெல்லித்தாளி. See Sesban meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sesban?
Sesban is a noun.
What is the plural of sesban?
The plural of sesban is sesbans.

Words near sesban in the dictionary

  1. sesamum
  2. sesarmid
  3. sesarmids
  4. Sesay
  5. Sesays
  6. sesban
  7. sesbania
  8. sesbanias
  9. sesbans
  10. sesbian lex
  11. sescuple

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