Definition of Senna obtusifolia

1. Noun. Cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia.

Exact synonyms: Cassia Tora, Sicklepod
Group relationships: Genus Senna
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex

Lexicographical Neighbors of Senna Obtusifolia

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

Literary usage of Senna obtusifolia

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

1. Meade's Manual for students preparing for examination at Apothecaries' hall by William Meade (1859)
"The leaf of argel is an inch or fourteen lines long, while that of the senna acutifolia and senna obtusifolia never exceeds nine lines. 2. ..."

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