cassia marilandica
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- North American perennial herb; leaves are used medicinally; sometimes placed in genus CassiaSynonyms: wild sennaSenna marilandicaType of herb, herbaceous plantMember of genus Senna
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“cassia marilandica” is listed under Senna.
Sen′na noun
Origin: Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, F. séné; all fr. Ar. sanā.
1. Medicine The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (Cassia acutifolia, Cassia angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine.
2. Botany The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West Indies.
Bladder senna. Botany See under Bladder. — Wild senna Botany, the Cassia Marilandica, growing in the United States, the leaves of which are used medicinally, like those of the officinal senna.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54