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Definition of Senna obtusifolia
1. Noun. Cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia.
Exact synonyms: Cassia Tora, Sicklepod
Group relationships: Genus Senna
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex
Group relationships: Genus Senna
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex
Lexicographical Neighbors of Senna Obtusifolia
Literary usage of Senna obtusifolia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Meade's Manual for students preparing for examination at Apothecaries' hall by William Meade (1859)
"The leaf of argel is an inch or fourteen lines long, while that of the senna
acutifolia and senna obtusifolia never exceeds nine lines. 2. ..."