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Webster 1913 Edition
Senna
Sen′na
,Noun.
[Cf. It. & Sp.
sena
, Pg. sene
, F. séné
; all fr. Ar. sanā
.] 1.
(Med.)
The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus
Cassia
. (Cassia acutifolia
, Cassia angustifolia
, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine. 2.
(Bot.)
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.Webster 1828 Edition
Senna
SEN'NA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Senna
Senna
See also: senna
Translingual
Proper noun
Senna f
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Caesalpinioideae - subfamily; Cassieae - tribe; Cassiinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Senna alexandrina - type species
senna
senna
See also: Senna
English
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.