'Cassia acutifolia' definitions:
Definition of 'Cassia acutifolia'
From: WordNet
noun
Erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia [syn: Alexandria senna, Alexandrian senna, true senna, tinnevelly senna, Indian senna, Senna alexandrina, Cassia acutifolia, Cassia augustifolia]
Definition of 'Cassia acutifolia'
From: GCIDE
- Senna \Sen"na\, n. [Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, F. s['e]n['e]; all fr. Ar. san[=a].]
- 1. (Med.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (Cassia acutifolia, {Cassia angustifolia}, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West Indies. [1913 Webster]
- Bladder senna. (Bot.) See under Bladder.
- Wild senna (Bot.), the Cassia Marilandica, growing in the United States, the leaves of which are used medicinally, like those of the officinal senna. [1913 Webster]