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bombay hemp

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sunn

[suhn] ,
–noun
1. a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
2. the fiber.
Also called sunn hemp, sun hemp, Bombay hemp, Madras hemp.


Origin:
1580–90; < Hindi san < Skt śāṇa
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