SENNA

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

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• Annes

Etymology

Proper noun

Senna (plural er-noun or Sennas)

A surname.

Anagrams

• Annes

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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