cassia acutifolia

Cassia acutifolia
    n 1: erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the
         dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes
         placed in genus Cassia [syn: {Alexandria senna},
         {Alexandrian senna}, {true senna}, {tinnevelly senna},
         {Indian senna}, {Senna alexandrina}, {Cassia acutifolia},
         {Cassia augustifolia}]
    

Senna \Sen"na\, n. [Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, F. s['e]n['e];
   all fr. Ar. san[=a].]
   1. (Med.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the
      genus {Cassia}. ({Cassia acutifolia}, {Cassia
      angustifolia}, etc.). They constitute a valuable but
      nauseous cathartic medicine.
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   2. (Bot.) The plants themselves, native to the East, but now
      cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West
      Indies.
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   {Bladder senna}. (Bot.) See under {Bladder}.

   {Wild senna} (Bot.), the {Cassia Marilandica}, growing in the
      United States, the leaves of which are used medicinally,
      like those of the officinal senna.
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