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Definition of Alexandrian senna
1. Noun. Erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia.
Generic synonyms: Senna
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alexandrian Senna
Literary usage of Alexandrian senna
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1850)
"When compared with what is often sold as Alexandrian senna, it certainly was
superior in appearance, besides being a genuine senna. ..."
2. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"In English commerce three kinds of Senna are distinguished under the names of
Alexandrian senna, Bombay or East Indian Senna, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The leaflets form the Alexandrian senna of commerce. Formerly this variety of
... Of late years Alexandrian senna has been shipped of much better quality. ..."
4. Pharmacographia; a History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanburgy (1879)
"Alexandrian senna—This is furnished by Cassia acutifolia and is imported in large
... But Alexandrian senna has of late been shipped of much better quality. ..."
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