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Look up: senna

  1. Senna
    (Cassia) Most of these shrubs are evergreen. They come mainly from tropical America. Their height ranges from 6 to 50 feet. Their dark green, shiny leaves are pinnate and they bear terminal clusters of golden-yellow flowers in the summer. Most Cassias are only hardy outdoors in the far South. C. cor...
    Found on http://www.botany.com/cassia.html

  2. senna
    [n] - any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Senna
    Sen'na noun [ Confer Italian & Spanish sena , Portuguese sene , French séné ; all from Arabic sanā .] 1. (Medicine) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. ( C. acutifolia ,...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/67

  4. senna
    1. <medicine> The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (C. Acutifolia. C. Angustifolia, etc). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine. ... 2. <botany> The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of Europe and i...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. senna
    noun any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. senna
    (sen´ә) the dried leaflets of Cassia acutiflora; used in a syrup, fluidextract, or compound powder as a cathartic.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  7. Senna
    • (n.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (C. acutifolia, C. angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine. • (n.) The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West Indies.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. senna
    any of several plants, especially of the genus Cassia, in the pea family (Fabaceae), mostly of subtropical and tropical regions. Many are used ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/64

  9. senna
    senna, any plant of the genus Sennia (formerly placed in Cassia), leguminous herbs, shrubs, and trees of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), most common in warm regions. Some species are cultivated for ornament, but sennas are best known as medicinal plants. The dried leaves are used as a purgati...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08444

  10. Senna
    Senna is a purgative consisting of the leaves of the shrub Cassia actuifolia.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. senna
    Type: Term Pronunciation: sen′ă Definitions: 1. The dried leaflets or legumes of Cassia acutifolia (Alexandrine senna) and C. angustifolia (Tinnevelly or Indian senna); a laxative.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  12. senna
    dried leaflets of various species of cassia used as a cathartic or emetic.
    Found on http://www2.shu.ac.uk/sfca/glossary.cfm

  13. Senna
    (plant) `Senna` (from Arabic sanā), the `sennas`, is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. This diverse genus is native throughout the tropics, with a small number of species reaching into pages = 288–303 -->--> but some ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senna

  14. Senna
    (film) --> --> `Senna` is a 2010 documentary film that depicts the life and death of Brazilian motor-racing champion, Ayrton Senna. It is Asif Kapadia`s fourth feature film as director, and is distributed by Working Title/Universal Pictures. It has received great critical acclaim. The ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senna



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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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