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CASSIA AUGUSTIFOLIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
Synonyms:
Alexandria senna; Alexandrian senna; Cassia acutifolia; Cassia augustifolia; Indian senna; Senna alexandrina; tinnevelly senna; true senna
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Hypernyms ("Cassia augustifolia" is a kind of...):
senna (any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally)