English > senna: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | 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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| Member of | genus Senna | genus of shrubs and trees and herbs many of which are often classified as members of the genus Cassia |
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| Narrower | Alexandria senna, Alexandrian senna, true senna, tinnevelly senna, Indian senna, Senna alexandrina, Cassia acutifolia, Cassia augustifolia | Erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers |
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| avaram, tanner's cassia, Senna auriculata, Cassia auriculata | evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning |
| coffee senna, mogdad coffee, styptic weed, stinking weed, Senna occidentalis, Cassia occidentalis | Very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee |
| ringworm bush, ringworm shrub, ringworm cassia, Senna alata, Cassia alata | Tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
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| Spanish | sen |
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