senna
noun
- any of a genus (Cassia) of plants of the caesalpinia family, with finely divided leaves and yellow flowers
- the dried leaflets of various sennas, used, esp. formerly, as a laxative
See senna in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(sĕnˈə)
noun- Any of various plants of the genus Cassia, having pinnately compound leaves and showy, nearly regular, usually yellow flowers.
- The dried leaves of Cassia angustifolia or C. acutifolia, used medicinally as a laxative.
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