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senega definition

☆ sen·ega (sen′i gə)

noun

  1. an E North American milkwort (Polygala senega) with single racemes of white flowers
  2. its dried root, formerly used as an expectorant

Etymology: < Senega (root), var. of Seneca: from use by the Seneca against snake bites

Also senega (snake) root

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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