Definition of Senna alexandrina

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 Senna Alexandrina

Senefelder
Senegal
Senegalese
Senegalese franc
Senegambia
Senegambian
Seneka snakeroot
Senga
Sengas
Sengstaken-Blakemore tube
Senhor
Senior-Loken syndrome
Senior Circuit
Senkaku Islands
Senna alata
Senna alexandrina (current term)
Senna auriculata
Senna marilandica
Senna obtusifolia
Senna occidentalis
Sennacherib
Sennetsu fever
Sennett
Senning operation
Senones
Senor
Senora
Senorita
Sensurround
Senussi

Literary usage of Senna alexandrina

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

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1855)
"315. Sene de la Palte, Pomet, Hist. d. Dr. Uebersetz (1717) p. 179; Diction, d. Dr. 2. p. 545. Frutex habitat in ^Egypto et Sennaar. Senna alexandrina et ..."

2. The Essentials of Materia Medica, and Therapeutics by Alfred Baring Garrod (1865)
"Senna alexandrina. Alexandrian Senna. The leaf of Cassia lanceolata and Cassia obovata. Senna Indica. Tinnevelly Senna. The leaf of Cassia elongata; Lin. ..."

3. A Practical treatise on materia medica and therapeutics by John Vietch Shoemaker (1908)
"Senna alexandrina and Senna Indica are named as official in the British Pharmacopoeia. The cathartic effect of rhubarb, senna, aloes, ..."

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