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    SENEGA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakerootplay

    Synonyms:

    Polygala alba; senega

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("senega" is a kind of...):

    milkwort (any of various plants of the genus Polygala)

    Meronyms (parts of "senega"):

    senega (dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponinplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("senega" is a kind of...):

    root ((botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground)

    Holonyms ("senega" is a part of...):

    Polygala alba; senega (perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot)

    Polygala senega; Seneca snakeroot; senega root; senega snakeroot; Seneka snakeroot; senga root (eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots)

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