cassia — càs·sia s.f. 1. TS bot. pianta tropicale leguminosa del genere Cassia che vive in ambienti aridi | con iniz. maiusc., genere della famiglia delle Papilionacee, da molte specie del quale si ricavano sostanze medicinali 2. TS bot., farm. sostanza… … Dizionario italiano
Cassia acutifolia — 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… … Useful english dictionary
Alexandria 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: ↑Alexandrian senna, ↑true senna, ↑tinnevelly senna, ↑Indian senna, ↑Senna alexandrina, ↑Cassia… … Useful english dictionary
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: ↑Alexandria senna, ↑Alexandrian senna, ↑true senna, ↑Indian senna, ↑Senna alexandrina, ↑Cassia… … Useful english dictionary
Alexandrian 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: ↑Alexandria senna, ↑true senna, ↑tinnevelly senna, ↑Indian senna, ↑Senna alexandrina, ↑Cassia… … Useful english dictionary
Indian 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: ↑Alexandria senna, ↑Alexandrian senna, ↑true senna, ↑tinnevelly senna, ↑Senna alexandrina,… … Useful english dictionary
Senna alexandrina — 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, ↑Cassia… … Useful english dictionary
true 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: ↑Alexandria senna, ↑Alexandrian senna, ↑tinnevelly senna, ↑Indian senna, ↑Senna alexandrina,… … Useful english dictionary
sen — Hojas o vainas desecadas de Cassia acutifolia o Cassia augustifolia, utilizadas como catártico. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 … Diccionario médico