tinnevelly senna

tinnevelly senna
noun
erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
Syn:
Hypernyms: ↑senna

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\\tə̇ˈnevəlē-, |tinə|velē-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized T
Etymology: from Tinnevelly, Madras, India
: senna from a cassia (Cassia angustifolia) — called also Indian senna

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/ti nev"euh lee, tin"euh vel'ee/.
See under senna (def. 2).
[after Tinnevelly (Tirunelveli), town and district in Tamil Nadu state, India]

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