Senna Definition

sĕnə
noun
Any of a genus (Cassia) of plants of the caesalpinia family, with finely divided leaves and yellow flowers.
Webster's New World
The dried leaflets of various sennas, used, esp. formerly, as a laxative.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae "” the senna tree.

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Other Word Forms of Senna

Noun

Singular:
senna
Plural:
sennas

Origin of Senna

  • New Latin from Arabic sanā Aramaic sanyā a thorn-bush

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Arabic سنا (sanā).

    From Wiktionary

Senna Sentence Examples

  • The problem with taking senna to get things moving is that it is a stimulant laxative.

  • The stimulant laxatives senna and cascara are also safe.

  • She only uses it now as a backup if she has n't been for a few days, she takes 4 senna tablets daily.

  • Each Senokot Tablet contains standardized senna equivalent to 7.5mg total sennosides.

  • Bladder Senna (Colutea) - These cannot be called choice flowering shrubs, but they are very useful for poor hungry soils, particularly for dry sunny banks, where few other plants can exist; they are excellent, too, in smoky districts.

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