Sun-hemp
noun
1.
sunn.
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.
noun
1.
a leguminous plant, Crotalaria juncea, of the East Indies, having yellow flowers
2.
the hemplike fibre obtained from the inner bark of this plant, used in making rope, sacking, etc
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