Look up: senna

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   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. corymbosa, a native from South America, can be cultivated in a cool, sunny greenhouse. C. glauca, a native from tropical Asia, and C. splendida, a native from Brazil, can also be grown in a greenhouse. C...
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   Senna
   Senna is a purgative consisting of the leaves of the shrub Cassia actuifolia.
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   senna
   [n] - any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers
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   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 , C. angustifolia , etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine. 2. (Botany) The plants themselves, native ...
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   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 in the West Indies. Bladder senna. ... <botany> ...
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   senna
   noun 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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   senna
   (sen´ә) the dried leaflets of Cassia acutiflora; used in a syrup, fluidextract, or compound powder as a cathartic.
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   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.
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   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]
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    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...
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