noun
North American perennial herb; leaves are used medicinally; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
• Syn: ↑Senna marilandica, ↑Cassia marilandica
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Senna
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noun : any of various plants of the genus Cassia; especially : a No. American perennial herb (C. marilandica) the leaves of which are used medicinally in the same manner as the officinal senna
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a subshrubby senna, Cassia marilandica, of the eastern U.S., having yellow flowers. Also called American senna.
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wild senna,
a plant growing in the eastern United States that is three or four feet high, has yellow flowers, and whose dried leaves are used as a laxative.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.