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Definition of Senna
1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally.
Specialized synonyms: Cassia Alata, Ringworm Bush, Ringworm Cassia, Ringworm Shrub, Senna Alata, Avaram, Cassia Auriculata, Senna Auriculata, Tanner's Cassia, Alexandria Senna, Alexandrian Senna, Cassia Acutifolia, Cassia Augustifolia, Indian Senna, Senna Alexandrina, Tinnevelly Senna, True Senna, Cassia Occidentalis, Coffee Senna, Mogdad Coffee, Senna Occidentalis, Stinking Weed, Styptic Weed
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Definition of Senna
1. n. The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (C. acutifolia, C. angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine.
Definition of Senna
1. Noun. Any of several plants of the tribe ''Cassieae'', especially those of the genera ''Cassia'' and ''Senna'', whose leaves and pods are used as a purgative and laxative ¹
2. Noun. The dried leaves or pods of these plants (especially of ''Cassia angustifolia'' or ''Cassia acutifolia'') used medicinally ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Senna
1. a medicinal plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Senna
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Senna
Literary usage of Senna
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"The leaves of this plant are similar, n virtue, to those of cassia senna. ...
The name of the plant which affords senna. It is yielded, how- sver, ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"senna is one of the most important purgatives contained in our Materia Medica.
Two sorts of senna are recognised in the Pharmacopoeia—viz., ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1889)
"AW McFARLANE directs attention to senna pods, an old remedy, for the relief of
constipation. He finds that they have many of the advantages of senna leaves, ..."
4. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1851)
"these leaves is not probable, since the Cassia mentioned by him as senna
angustifolia, does not grow in those countries from whence Tripoli senna is ..."
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