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.


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

1. 1. The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (C. Acutifolia. C. Angustifolia, etc). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine. 2. The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West Indies. Bladder senna. The Cassia Marilandica, growing in the United States, the leaves of which are used medicinally, like those of the officinal senna. Origin: Cf. It. & Sp. Sena, Pg. Sene, F. Sene; all fr. Ar. Sana. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Senna

seniories
seniorities
senioritis
seniority
seniorize
seniorized
seniorizes
seniorizing
seniors
seniory
seniour
seniours
seniti
senitis
senium
senna (current term)
sennachie
sennachies
sennachy
sennas
sennet
sennet whip
sennets
sennight
sennights
sennit
sennits
sennoside A
senocular
senologist

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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