senna
(noun) any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally
Source: WordNet® 3.1
senna (countable and uncountable, plural sennas)
(countable) Any of several plants of the tribe Cassieae, especially those of the genera Cassia and Senna, whose leaves and pods are used as a purgative and laxative.
(uncountable) The dried leaves or pods of these plants (especially of Senna alexandrina, syn. Cassia angustifolia or Cassia acutifolia), used medicinally.
(medicine) Senna glycoside, a laxative.
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Senna (plural er-noun or Sennas)
A surname.
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Source: Wiktionary
Sen"na, n. Etym: [Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, F. séné; all fr. Ar. sana.]
1. (Med.)
Definition: 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.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
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