sunn

[ suhn ]

/ sʌn /

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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.

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

Origin of sunn

1580–90; <Hindi san<Sanskrit śāṇa

Words nearby sunn

sunlight, Sunlight Peak, sunlit, sun lounge, sun moss, sunn, Sunna, Sunni, sunnies, Sunnite, sunny

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How to use sunn in a sentence

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
Sunn, sun, n. an Indian leguminous plant cultivated for the fibre of its bark.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
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

But say, poore Place, in what manner didst thou entertaine the Sunn?
The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Volume 2 of 2.|John Davies

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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