senna : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: senna	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for senna
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
senna n any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Senna \Sen"na\, n. [Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, F. s[82]n[82]; all fr. Ar. san[be].] 1. (Med.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. ({C. acutifolia}, {C. angustifolia}, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine. 2. (Bot.) The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West Indies. {Bladder senna}. (Bot.) See under {Bladder}. {Wild senna} (Bot.), the {Cassia Marilandica}, growing in the United States, the leaves of which are used medicinally, like those of the officinal senna.