name
Meaning 1
A surname from Italian.
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Standard Lemma guide
senna
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/ˈsɛnə/
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rhymes with -ɛnə
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CMU ARPABET: S EH1 N AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Any of several plants of the tribe Cassieae, especially those of the genera Cassia and Senna, whose leaves and pods are used as a purgative and laxative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 3
The dried leaves or pods of these plants (especially of Senna alexandrina, syn. Cassia angustifolia or Cassia acutifolia), used medicinally.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Senna glycoside, a laxative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
Narrower terms: ringworm bush, ringworm shrub, ringworm cassia, Senna alata, Cassia alata, avaram, tanner's cassia, Senna auriculata, Cassia auriculata, Alexandria senna, Alexandrian senna, true senna, tinnevelly senna, Indian senna, Senna alexandrina, Cassia acutifolia, Cassia augustifolia, coffee senna, mogdad coffee, styptic weed, stinking weed, Senna occidentalis, Cassia occidentalis
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Senna; this surname is predominantly attested in Brazil, however it is not of Portuguese origin.
From Arabic سَنَا (sanā, “senna”).