HyperDic: tinnevelly_senna

English > 1 sense of the expression tinnevelly senna:
NOUNplanttinnevelly senna, Alexandria senna, Alexandrian senna, true senna, Indian senna, Senna alexandrina, Cassia acutifolia, Cassia augustifoliaerect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers
English > tinnevelly senna: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningErect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia.
SynonymsAlexandria senna, Alexandrian senna, true senna, Indian senna, Senna alexandrina, Cassia acutifolia, Cassia augustifolia
BroadersennaAny of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers

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