senna : Idioms & Phrases

• noun erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
  tinnevelly senna; Alexandria senna; Indian senna; Alexandrian senna; Cassia augustifolia; Senna alexandrina; Cassia acutifolia.
  

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• noun erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
  tinnevelly senna; Alexandria senna; Indian senna; Alexandrian senna; Cassia augustifolia; Senna alexandrina; Cassia acutifolia.
  

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• noun yellow-flowered European shrub cultivated for its succession of yellow flowers and very inflated bladdery pods and as a source of wildlife food
  Colutea arborescens.
  

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• . (Bot.) See under Bladder.

Webster 1913

• (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with membranaceous, inflated pods.

Webster 1913

• noun very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia
  stinking weed; styptic weed; mogdad coffee; Cassia occidentalis; coffee senna.
  

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• noun genus of shrubs and trees and herbs many of which are often classified as members of the genus Cassia
  

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• noun erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
  tinnevelly senna; Alexandria senna; Indian senna; Alexandrian senna; Cassia augustifolia; Senna alexandrina; Cassia acutifolia.
  

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• noun tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
  ringworm shrub; ringworm bush; Cassia alata; ringworm cassia.
  

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• noun erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
  tinnevelly senna; Alexandria senna; Indian senna; Alexandrian senna; Cassia augustifolia; Senna alexandrina; Cassia acutifolia.
  

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• noun evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
  avaram; tanner's cassia; Cassia auriculata.
  

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• noun North American perennial herb; leaves are used medicinally; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
  Cassia marilandica; Senna marilandica.
  

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• noun cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
  sicklepod; Cassia tora.
  

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• noun very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia
  stinking weed; styptic weed; mogdad coffee; Cassia occidentalis; coffee senna.
  

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• (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub (Coronilla Emerus) having a slender joined pod, like a scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna.

Webster 1913

• noun erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
  tinnevelly senna; Alexandria senna; Indian senna; Alexandrian senna; Cassia augustifolia; Senna alexandrina; Cassia acutifolia.
  

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• noun erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
  tinnevelly senna; Alexandria senna; Indian senna; Alexandrian senna; Cassia augustifolia; Senna alexandrina; Cassia acutifolia.
  

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• noun North American perennial herb; leaves are used medicinally; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
  Cassia marilandica; Senna marilandica.
  

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• (Bot.), the Cassia Marilandica, growing in the United States, the leaves of which are used medicinally, like those of the officinal senna.

Webster 1913