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COFFEE SENNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coffee senna mean? 

COFFEE SENNA (noun)
  The noun COFFEE SENNA has 1 sense:

1. very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassiaplay

  Familiarity information: COFFEE SENNA used as a noun is very rare.


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COFFEE SENNA (noun)


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Meaning:

Very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cassia occidentalis; coffee senna; mogdad coffee; Senna occidentalis; stinking weed; styptic weed

Hypernyms ("coffee senna" is a kind of...):

senna (any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally)


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