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SENNA OBTUSIFOLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Senna obtusifolia mean? 

SENNA OBTUSIFOLIA (noun)
  The noun SENNA OBTUSIFOLIA has 1 sense:

1. cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassiaplay

  Familiarity information: SENNA OBTUSIFOLIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SENNA OBTUSIFOLIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cassia tora; Senna obtusifolia; sicklepod

Hypernyms ("Senna obtusifolia" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("Senna obtusifolia" is a member of...):

genus Senna (genus of shrubs and trees and herbs many of which are often classified as members of the genus Cassia)


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