senna
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1. any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally (noun.plant)
| hyponym | : | cassia alata, ringworm bush, ringworm cassia, ringworm shrub, senna alata, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | avaram, cassia auriculata, senna auriculata, tanner's cassia, |
| definition | : | evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning; sometimes placed in genus Cassia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | alexandria senna, alexandrian senna, cassia acutifolia, cassia augustifolia, indian senna, senna alexandrina, tinnevelly senna, true senna, |
| definition | : | erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cassia occidentalis, coffee senna, mogdad coffee, senna occidentalis, stinking weed, styptic weed, |
| definition | : | very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus senna, |
| definition | : | genus of shrubs and trees and herbs many of which are often classified as members of the genus Cassia (noun.plant) |
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