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    SENNA ALEXANDRINA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassiaplay

    Synonyms:

    Alexandria senna; Alexandrian senna; Cassia acutifolia; Cassia augustifolia; Indian senna; Senna alexandrina; tinnevelly senna; true senna

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Senna alexandrina" is a kind of...):

    senna (any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally)

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