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Definition of Senna occidentalis
1. Noun. Very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia.
Exact synonyms: Cassia Occidentalis, Coffee Senna, Mogdad Coffee, Stinking Weed, Styptic Weed
Generic synonyms: Senna
Generic synonyms: Senna
Lexicographical Neighbors of Senna Occidentalis
Literary usage of Senna occidentalis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Useful Plants of India: With Notices of Their Chief Value in Commerce by Heber Drury (1873)
"FI. All the year.— W. & A. Prod. i. 290.—Senna occidentalis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii.
343. Common everywhere. MEDICAL USES.—This is very nearly allied to C. ..."