Senna definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SEN'NA, n. The leaf of the cassia senna, a native of the east, used as a cathartic. WordNet ... 2005) n 1: any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many ... san? Date: 1543 1. any of a genus (Cassia syn. Senna) of leguminous herbs, shrubs, and trees native to warm regions ... leaflets or pods of various sennas (especially C. angustifolia syn. Senna alexandrina) used as a purgative Britannica Concise Any of several ... med.L sena f. Arab. sana Webster's 1913 Dictionary Senna Sen"na, n. [Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, ...
Indian senna definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: erect shrub ... as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia [syn: Alexandria senna, Alexandrian senna, true senna, tinnevelly senna, Indian senna, Senna alexandrina, Cassia acutifolia, Cassia augustifolia]
wild senna definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: North American ... are used medicinally; sometimes placed in genus Cassia [syn: wild senna, Senna marilandica, Cassia marilandica] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Senna Sen"na, n. [Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, F ... 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, ...
bladder senna definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: yellow-flowered ... pods and as a source of wildlife food [syn: bladder senna, Colutea arborescens] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Senna Sen"na, n. [Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, F ... 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 ... of which are used medicinally, like those of the officinal senna.
Bladder-senna definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BLAD'DER-SENNA, or bastard-senna, a genus of plants, called in botany Colutea. The jointed-podded bladder-senna is the Coronilla.
Senna occidentalis definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: very ... adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia [syn: coffee senna, mogdad coffee, styptic weed, stinking weed, Senna occidentalis, Cassia occidentalis]
Senna marilandica definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: North ... are used medicinally; sometimes placed in genus Cassia [syn: wild senna, Senna marilandica, Cassia marilandica]
Scorpion senna definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Scorpion Scor"pi*on, n ... genus Myosotis. M. palustris is the forget-me-not. Scorpion senna (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub (Coronilla Emerus) having a ... dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna. Scorpion shell (Zo["o]l.), any shell of the genus ...