1.
[syn: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca]
2. a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York State south of Lake Ontario;
3. the Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Senecas \Sen"e*cas\, n. pl.; sing. Seneca. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Western
New York. This tribe was the most numerous and most warlike
of the Five Nations.
[1913 Webster]
Seneca grass(Bot.), holy grass. See under Holy.
Seneca eil, petroleum or naphtha.
Seneca root, or Seneca snakeroot (Bot.), the rootstock of
an American species of milkworth (Polygala Senega)
having an aromatic but bitter taste. It is often used
medicinally as an expectorant and diuretic, and, in large
doses, as an emetic and cathartic. [Written also Senega
root, and Seneka root.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Seneca
n 1: Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero;
his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies
(circa 4 BC - 65 AD) [syn: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
Seneca]
2: a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York
State south of Lake Ontario
3: the Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
Oberon-V
Seneca
(Formerly Seneca). R. Griesemer, 1990. Descendant of Oberon
designed for numerical applications on supercomputers,
especially vector or pipelined architectures. Includes array
constructors and an ALL statement. "Seneca - A Language for
Numerical Applications on Vectorcomputers", Proc CONPAR 90 -
VAPP IV Conf. R. Griesemer, Diss Nr. 10277, ETH Zurich.