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GENUS SENNA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of shrubs and trees and herbs many of which are often classified as members of the genus Cassia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Senna" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Senna"):
senna (any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally)
Cassia marilandica; Senna marilandica; wild senna (North American perennial herb; leaves are used medicinally; sometimes placed in genus Cassia)
Cassia tora; Senna obtusifolia; sicklepod (cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia)
Holonyms ("genus Senna" is a member of...):
Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)
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