SENEGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does senega mean? 

• SENEGA (noun)
  The noun SENEGA has 2 senses:

1. dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin

2. perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot

  Familiarity information: SENEGA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SENEGA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("senega" is a kind of...):

root ((botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground)

Holonyms ("senega" is a part of...):

Polygala alba; senega (perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot)

Polygala senega; Seneca snakeroot; senega root; senega snakeroot; Seneka snakeroot; senga root (eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Polygala alba; senega

Hypernyms ("senega" is a kind of...):

milkwort (any of various plants of the genus Polygala)

Meronyms (parts of "senega"):

senega (dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin)