alexandrian senna

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alexandrian senna - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Alexandrian senna
      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]