CASSIA ALATA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cassia alata mean? 

• CASSIA ALATA (noun)
  The noun CASSIA ALATA has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CASSIA ALATA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASSIA ALATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cassia alata; ringworm bush; ringworm cassia; ringworm shrub; Senna alata

Hypernyms ("Cassia alata" 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)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)