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Noun: Senna alexandrina
  1. Erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
    - Alexandria senna, Alexandrian senna, true senna, tinnevelly senna, Indian senna, Cassia acutifolia, Cassia augustifolia

Type of: senna

Encyclopedia: Senna alexandrina