Ses"ban (?), 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.
☞ The name is applied also to the similar plant, Sesbania
Ægyptiaca, and other species of the same genus.