Definition of Sesbania exaltata

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

Exact synonyms: Colorado River Hemp
Generic synonyms: Sesbania

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sesbania Exaltata

Sertoli's cell
Sertoli's columns
Server Side Include
Servetus
Servetus' circulation
Servia
Servian
Serzone
Sesame Street
Sesamum
Sesamum indicum
Sesbania exaltata
Sesbania grandiflora
Seseli
Sesotho
Sessions
Sessrúmnir
Set
Setaria cervi
Setaria glauca
Setaria italica
Setaria italica rubrofructa
Setaria italica stramineofructa
Setaria viridis
Sete Quedas

Literary usage of Sesbania exaltata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Conference on Weed Control in Rice, 31 August-4 September by International Rice Research Institute, International Weed Science Society (1983)
"Yield losses due to season-long competition from sesbania exaltata and Aeschynomene virginica in an optimum stand of drill-seeded rice. ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Represented by two collections from Philadelphia Co. in 1879 and 1921. •Sesbania exaltata (Raf.) Cory Coffee-weed; Indigo-weed Herbaceous annual Waste ..."

3. Rice Seed Health: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Rice Seed by International Rice Research Institute, United Nations Development Programme (1988)
"1): • sesbania exaltata (Raf.) Cory (hemp sesbania): seeds about the same width as US long-grain rice seeds ..."

4. Allelopathy in Rice by M. Olofsdotter (1998)
"as the most frequently reported weed in ricefields, followed by hemp sesbania [ sesbania exaltata (Raf.) Cory], bulrushes ( Scirpus spp. ..."

5. Legumes in Crop Rotations--Bibliography, January 1990-December 1993 by Mary V. Gold (1994)
"... feeding on cover crop seedlings of sesbania, sesbania exaltata (Rafinesque-Schmaltz) Cory; cowpea, Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walpers; hairy indigo, ..."

6. Biotechnology: Commercialization and Economic Aspects: Bibliography, Jan by Kim Guenther (1996)
"Language: English Descriptors: sesbania exaltata; Colletotrichum truncatum; Mycoherbicides; Biological control; Fungal spores; Culture media; Cell culture; ..."

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