sunn

[ suhn ]

/ sʌn /

noun

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.

the fiber.

Words nearby sunn

sunlamp, sunless, sunlight, sunlight peak, sunlit, sunn, sunna, sunni, sunnies, sunnite, sunny

Origin of sunn

1580–90; < Hindi san < Sanskrit śāṇa

Also called sunn hemp, sun hemp, Bombay hemp, Madras hemp.

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Examples from the Web for sunn

Both as a Sunn and as one who had not owned a suzerain, the position was unpleasant for Bbur.
The Bbur-nma in English|Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
Of fibres the most important are cotton, Deccan hemp (Hibiscus cannabinus), and sunn or tag (Crotalaria juncea).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2|Various
Other well-known plants of this class are ramie, aloe, “sunn hemp,” manila.
The Manufacture of Paper|Robert Walter Sindall
Thus to the Wahhb as to the Sunn, Muhammad is in all his acts and words a perfect guide.
The Faith of Islam|Edward Sell

Ws kummt dem Menschen draus mit all' sein Horewanie, ws er derhorewet sich nor unter der Sunn'.
The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century|Leo Wiener

British Dictionary definitions for sunn

sunn

/ (sʌn) /

noun

a leguminous plant, Crotalaria juncea, of the East Indies, having yellow flowers

the hemplike fibre obtained from the inner bark of this plant, used in making rope, sacking, etc

Word Origin for sunn

C18: from Hindi san, from Sanskrit śāná hempen

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