cassia acutifolia

2 definitions found

cassia acutifolia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

cassia acutifolia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]