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SENNA ALATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Senna alata mean?
• SENNA ALATA (noun)
The noun SENNA ALATA has 1 sense:
1. tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
Familiarity information: SENNA ALATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cassia alata; ringworm bush; ringworm cassia; ringworm shrub; Senna alata
Hypernyms ("Senna alata" 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)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
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