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Definition of Cassia acutifolia
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 Cassia Acutifolia
| Caspian tern Caspian terns Caspian tiger Caspiane |
Literary usage of Cassia acutifolia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of organic materia medica by John Michael Maisch (1890)
"Leaves pinnate, with 8 or 10 leaflets, which are lanceolate or lance-oval, about
25 millimeters FIG. 134. cassia acutifolia, Delile.—Legume anrl leaflet. ..."
2. The Medico-chirurgical Review, and Journal of Practical Medicine (1843)
"Alexandrian senna consists of the leaves, flowers, and fruits of cassia obovata,
and cassia acutifolia, together with the leaves, flowers, and fruit of a ..."
3. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1843)
"Alexandrian senna consists of the leaves, flowers, and fruits of cassia obovata,
and cassia acutifolia, together with the leaves, flowers, and fruit of a ..."
4. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"SENNA; the leaflets of cassia acutifolia, Delile, of Cassia obovata, De Cand., and
of Cassia elongata, Lemaire (USP). Kinds of Senna. ..."
5. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1850)
"cassia acutifolia, Düsseldorfer Sammlung exclus. Synonymis Consp., 346. ...
cassia acutifolia varieras tomentosa Delile. Habitat in Arabia et Nubia, ..."
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