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wild senna
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Wild senna
(gcide) | Senna \Sen"na\, n. [Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, F. s['e]n['e];
all fr. Ar. san[=a].]
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.
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2. (Bot.) 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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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.
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wild senna
(wn) | wild senna
n 1: North American perennial herb; leaves are used medicinally;
sometimes placed in genus Cassia [syn: wild senna, {Senna
marilandica}, Cassia marilandica] |
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