Synonyms:
Cassia, Jue Ming Zi
Categories: Medicinal Plant
Senna (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From Arabic سَنَا (sanā, “senna”)
Noun
senna (countable and uncountable, plural sennas)
- (countable) 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.
- (uncountable) The dried leaves or pods of these plants (especially of Senna alexandrina, syn. Cassia angustifolia or Cassia acutifolia), used medicinally.
- (medicine) Senna glycoside, a laxative.
Derived terms
- American senna
- bladder
