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Definition of Tinnevelly senna

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 Tinnevelly Senna

Literary usage of Tinnevelly senna

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

1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1850)
"This had already been done in Edinburgh, where the tinnevelly senna was generally used ... But the supply of tinnevelly senna not being nearly sufficient to ..."

2. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"Cultivated in Arabia and Northern India. The three following plants, a, b, c, seem the same, viz. :— («) Cassia elongate, Indian senna, tinnevelly senna. ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"Two sorts of senna are recognised in the Pharmacopoeia—viz., Alexandrian senna and tinnevelly senna. The Alexandrian senna leaves are chiefly obtained from ..."

4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1868)
"Two sorts of senna are recognised in the Pharmacopoeia—viz., Alexandrian senna and tinnevelly senna. The Alexandrian senna leaves are chiefly obtained from ..."

5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... while the tinnevelly senna leaves are yielded by Cassia elongata. Alexandrian senna is chiefly grown in Nubia and Upper Egypt, and is imported in large ..."

6. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1900)
"The two principal commercial varieties of senna used in this country are Alexandrian or Egyptian and the Indian or tinnevelly senna. ..."

7. Principles of Pharmacy by Henry Vinecome Arny (1917)
"The ash of tinnevelly senna contains considerable magnesium. Alexandrian senna has the same ... tinnevelly senna is a fine variety coming from India. ..."

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