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What does senna mean?

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Noun
  1. (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.
  2. (uncountable) The dried leaves or pods of these plants (especially of Senna alexandrina, syn. Cassia angustifolia or Cassia acutifolia), used medicinally.
  3. (medicine) Senna glycoside, a laxative.
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He suggests, as lenitives, senna with pulp of tamarind or oil of sweet almonds.
They can include such herbs as dandelion root, aloe, artichoke, saffron, rhubarb root, gentian, angelica root, myrrh, and senna, to name a few.
These herbal teas typically include senna, aloe, buckthorn and other plant-derived laxatives.
Not only does she use an enema a couple of times a week, but she also drinks laxative tea containing senna all the time.
The Friends of Bidwell Park are removing bladder senna shrubs from the cork oak forest area.
Originally, Alexandrian senna was obtained principally from Sudan, but it is now cultivated in both Egypt and Sudan.

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