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Definition of Indian 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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Senna

Literary usage of Indian senna

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen 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, ..."

2. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1850)
"EAST Indian senna. ВТ DK. ... and is called East Indian senna, is not appreciated here, though genuine and pure, because it is not carefully gathered nor ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1868)
"Tinnevelly or East Indian senna in odour and taste entirely resembles Alexandrian senna. The leaflets are, however, ' about two inches long, lanceolate, ..."

4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"In the above preparations, it is immaterial whether Alexandrian or East Indian senna is employed. The senna leaves of commerce and of medicine are the ..."

5. Medicines, their uses and mode of administration by John Moore Neligan (1864)
"Three sorts of senna are commonly known in the English market, Alexandrian senna, Tripoli senna, and East Indian senna. 1st.—ALEXANDRIAN SENNA, the produce ..."

6. J. M. Nickell's Botanical Ready Reference (1880)
"Wild Indian senna. Bombay Senna. Tinnevelly Senna. Indian senna. Mecca Senna. Mocha Senna. Cultivated Variety is Tinnevelly Senna. ..."

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