SESBANIA EXALTATA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tall-growing annual of southwestern United States widely grown as green manure; yields a strong tough bast fiber formerly used by Indians for cordage

Synonyms:

Colorado River hemp; Sesbania exaltata

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Nouns denoting plants

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

sesbania (any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pea-like flowers)

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