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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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shrub,
bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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genus senna genus of shrubs and trees and herbs many of which are often classified as members of the genus Cassia
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cassia alata,
ringworm bush,
ringworm cassia,
ringworm shrub,
senna alata tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
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avaram,
cassia auriculata,
senna auriculata,
tanner's cassia evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
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alexandria senna,
alexandrian senna,
cassia acutifolia,
cassia augustifolia,
indian senna,
senna alexandrina,
tinnevelly senna,
true senna erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
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cassia occidentalis,
coffee senna,
mogdad coffee,
senna occidentalis,
stinking weed,
styptic weed very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia
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