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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.
The leaf of the cassia senna, a native of the east, used as a cathartic.

Definition 2024


Senna

Senna

See also: senna

Translingual

Proper noun

Senna f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – the senna tree.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms


Italian

Proper noun

Senna f

  1. Seine, river of France

senna

senna

See also: Senna

English

Noun

senna (countable and uncountable, plural sennas)

  1. (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.
  2. (uncountable) The dried leaves or pods of these plants (especially of Senna alexandrina, syn. Cassia angustifolia or Cassia acutifolia), used medicinally.

Derived terms


Polish

Adjective

senna f

  1. Nominative feminine form of senny.