Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sesban \Ses"ban\, n. [F., fr. Ar. saisab[=a]n, seiseb[=a]n, a
   kind of tree, fr. Per. s[=i]sab[=a]n seed of cinquefoil.]
   (Bot.)
   A leguminous shrub ({Sesbania aculeata}) which furnishes a
   fiber used for making ropes.

   Note: The name is applied also to the similar plant,
         {Sesbania [AE]gyptiaca}, and other species of the same
         genus.