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| senna auriculata
| senna marilandica
| senna obtusifolia
senna
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun senna has 1 sense
- senna(n = noun.plant) Array - any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally; Array is a member of genus senna
has particulars: cassia alata, ringworm bush, ringworm cassia, ringworm shrub, senna alata, avaram, cassia auriculata, senna auriculata, tanner's cassia, alexandria senna, alexandrian senna, cassia acutifolia, cassia augustifolia, indian senna, senna alexandrina, tinnevelly senna, true senna, cassia occidentalis, coffee senna, mogdad coffee, senna occidentalis, stinking weed, styptic weed
is a kind of bush, shrub
CIDE DICTIONARY
senna, n. [Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, F. séné; all fr. Ar. sanā.].
- The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (
C. acutifolia ,C. angustifolia , etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine. [1913 Webster] - The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West Indies. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
senna, n.
1 a cassia tree.
2 a laxative prepared from the dried pod of this.
1 a cassia tree.
2 a laxative prepared from the dried pod of this.
Etymology
med.L sena f. Arab. sana
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