sunn

noun

A valuable East Indian fiber resembling hemp, obtained from the inner bark of Crotalaria juncea.

noun

The plant Crotalaria juncea, a stiff shrub from 5 to 8 or even 12 feet high, with slender wand-like rigid branches, yielding the sunn-hemp. Also sun-plant.

noun

An East Indian leguminous plant (Crotalaria juncea) and its fiber, which is also called sunn hemp.