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Definition of Cassia augustifolia

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cassia Augustifolia

Literary usage of Cassia augustifolia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of materia medica, therapeutics and pharmacology by George Frank Butler (1908)
"The dried leaflets of Cassia acuti/olia Delile (Alexandria senna) or of Cassia augustifolia Vahl (India senna), small shrubs found in Upper Egypt and ..."

2. A Text-book of pharmacology and some allied sciences: (therapeutics, Materia by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1906)
"The leaflets of Cassia acutifolia [Senna Alex- andrina, BP] (Alexandria Senna) or Cassia augustifolia [Senna Indica, BP] (India or Tinnevelly Senna), ..."

3. Veterinary Materia Medica and Therapeutics by Kenelm Winslow (1905)
"... G. The leaflets of Cassia acutifolia Delile (Alexandria Senna), and of Cassia augustifolia Vahl (India Senna); (nat. ord. Leguminosae). Description. ..."

4. Practical Pharmacy for Pharmacists and Physicians: A Text Book for Students by Birdsey Lucius Maltbie (1910)
"The dried leaflets of cassia acutifolia (Alexandria senna) or of cassia augustifolia (India senna.) Family leguminosae. The leaf of India senna is much ..."

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