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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]