CASSIA ACUTIFOLIA

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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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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Cassia acutifolia" 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)

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