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Definition of Alexandria 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 Alexandria Senna

Literary usage of Alexandria senna

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

1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1894)
"In addition to containing a larger percentage of the main active constituent, alexandria senna is of greater value in manufacturing the liquid preparations ..."

2. Lectures on materia medica and therapeutics by John Brodhead Beck, Chandler Robbins Gilman (1861)
"alexandria senna.—So called from the port from which it is exported. ... The alexandria senna, then, is made up of three different leaves—those of the ..."

3. Materia Medica and Therapeutics: Including Pharmacy and Pharmacology by Reynold Webb Wilcox (1917)
"Leaflets usually unbroken, from 3 to 5 cm. in length and from 6 to 14 mm. in breadth, usually more abruptly pointed than those of alexandria senna, ..."

4. The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America: (The United States by United States Pharmacopoeial Convention (1820)
"Powdered alexandria senna is light green ; when examined under the mien scope it exhibits non-glandular hairs, 1-celled, conical, often curved, ..."

5. Handbook of Pharmacognosy by Otto Augustus Wall (1917)
"H. Africa; the India Senna is cultivated in India.—D. There are two trade varieties, known as "alexandria senna" and "India Senna," which must be ..."

6. A Companion to the United States Pharmacopoeia by Oscar Oldberg, Otto Augustus Wall (1884)
"alexandria senna consists of thicker, paler, smaller leaflets than those composing India senna. They are grayish-green, smooth, have a characteristic ..."

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