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SENEGA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot

Synonyms:

Polygala alba; senega

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("senega" is a kind of...):

milkwort (any of various plants of the genus Polygala)

Meronyms (parts of "senega"):

senega (dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("senega" is a kind of...):

root ((botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground)

Holonyms ("senega" is a part of...):

Polygala alba; senega (perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot)

Polygala senega; Seneca snakeroot; senega root; senega snakeroot; Seneka snakeroot; senga root (eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots)

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