Meaning of SENNA
| Pronunciation: | | 'senu
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally |
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| | See Also: | | Alexandria senna, Alexandrian senna, avaram, bush, Cassia acutifolia, Cassia alata, Cassia augustifolia, Cassia auriculata, Cassia occidentalis, coffee senna, genus Senna, Indian senna, mogdad coffee, ringworm bush, ringworm cassia, ringworm shrub, Senna alata, Senna alexandrina, Senna auriculata, Senna occidentalis, shrub, stinking weed, styptic weed, tanner's cassia, tinnevelly senna, true senna | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sen"na\, n. [Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, F. s['e]n['e];
all fr. Ar. san[=a].]
1. (Med.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the
genus Cassia. ({C. acutifolia}, {C. angustifolia}, etc.).
They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic
medicine.
2. (Bot.) The plants themselves, native to the East, but now
cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West
Indies.
{Bladder senna}. (Bot.) See under {Bladder}.
{Wild senna} (Bot.), the {Cassia Marilandica}, growing in the
United States, the leaves of which are used medicinally,
like those of the officinal senna.
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