senega, Polygala alba
(noun) perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot
senega
(noun) dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
senega (uncountable)
(medicine) Seneca root
• Eagens, sagene
Source: Wiktionary
Sen"e*ga, n. (Med.)
Definition: Seneca root.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
