sunn

[suhn]

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.

Origin of sunn

1580–90; < Hindi san < Sanskrit śāṇa

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

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Historical Examples of sunn

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
The three first Khalfs are often well abused, and that no Sunn can bear with patience.
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
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
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

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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