CASSIA TORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cassia tora mean? 

• CASSIA TORA (noun)
  The noun CASSIA TORA has 1 sense:

1. cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia

  Familiarity information: CASSIA TORA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASSIA TORA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cassia tora; Senna obtusifolia; sicklepod

Hypernyms ("Cassia tora" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("Cassia tora" is a member of...):

genus Senna (genus of shrubs and trees and herbs many of which are often classified as members of the genus Cassia)