(n) yellow-flowered European shrub cultivated for its succession of yellow flowers and very inflated bladdery pods and as a source of wildlife food, Syn. Colutea arborescens
(n) tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia, Syn. ringworm shrub, ringworm cassia, Cassia alata, Senna alata
(n) cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia, Syn. Senna obtusifolia, Cassia tora
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
n. [ Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, F. séné; all fr. Ar. sanā. ] 1. (Med.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (Cassia acutifolia, Cassia angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Bot.) The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bladder senna. (Bot.) See under Bladder. -- Wild senna (Bot.), the Cassia Marilandica, growing in the United States, the leaves of which are used medicinally, like those of the officinal senna. [ 1913 Webster ]