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Definition of True 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.
Generic synonyms: Senna
Lexicographical Neighbors of True Senna
Literary usage of True senna
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Analytical Compendium of the Various Branches of Medical Science: For the by John Neill, Francis Gurney Smith (1861)
"an indigenous plant, possess similar properties to those of the true senna, and
may be advantageously used as a purgative, in a rather larger dose. ..."
2. Flora Medica; a Botanical Account of All the More Important Plants Used in by John Lindley (1838)
"... who asserts positively that this is the true Senna of Mecca. It is obvious
that the villous pods and glandular petiole are quite at variance with both ..."
3. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1843)
"... Delile, Nectoux, and Pugnet (quoted by Delile,) possess greater activity than
the true senna leaves. ..."
4. The Medico-chirurgical Review, and Journal of Practical Medicine (1843)
"... Delile, Nectoux, and Pugnet (quoted by Delile,) possess greater activity than
the true senna leaves. ..."
5. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"New England to Nebraska and south to the Gulf. Wild Senna, American Senna,
Locust-plant. Leaves have been used instead of true senna, but are inferior. f. ..."
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