NOUN | plant | Cassia augustifolia, Alexandria senna, Alexandrian senna, true senna, tinnevelly senna, Indian senna, Senna alexandrina, Cassia acutifolia | erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers |
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Meaning | Erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia. | |
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Synonyms | Alexandria senna, Alexandrian senna, true senna, tinnevelly senna, Indian senna, Senna alexandrina, Cassia acutifolia | |
Broader | senna | Any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers |
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