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SENEGA ROOT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots
Synonyms:
Polygala senega; Seneca snakeroot; senega root; senega snakeroot; Seneka snakeroot; senga root
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("senega root" is a kind of...):
milkwort (any of various plants of the genus Polygala)
Meronyms (parts of "senega root"):
senega (dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin)
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