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senna

/ˈsɛnə/

senna noun: any of several plants of the tribe Cassieae, especially those of the genera Cassia and Senna, whose leaves and pods are used as a purgative and laxative.

senna: any of several plants of the tribe Cassieae, especially those of the genera Cassia and Senna, whose...
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Noun

senna (countable and uncountable, plural sennas)

  1. (countable) Any of several plants of the tribe Cassieae, especially those of the genera Cassia and Senna, whose leaves and pods are used as a purgative and laxative.
  2. (uncountable) The dried leaves or pods of these plants (especially of Senna alexandrina, syn. Cassia angustifolia or Cassia acutifolia), used medicinally.
  3. Senna glycoside, a laxative.

Proper noun capitalized: Senna

Senna (plural Sennas)

  1. A surname from Italian.

senna meaning in Tamil and Urdu

senna in Tamil

சூரத்தாவாரை, நிலாவாரை

senna in Urdu

senna
سنا sanā

Forms of senna

Noun
pluralsennas
Proper noun
pluralSennas

Origin of senna

From Arabic سَنَا (sanā, “senna”).

Borrowed from Italian Senna; this surname is predominantly attested in Brazil, however it is not of Portuguese origin.

Words formed from senna

Phrases with senna

Words that rhyme with senna

Questions about senna

What does senna mean?
Senna means any of several plants of the tribe Cassieae, especially those of the genera Cassia and Senna, whose leaves and pods are used as a purgative and laxative.
What is senna in Tamil?
Senna in Tamil is சூரத்தாவாரை, நிலாவாரை. See Senna meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is senna?
Senna can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce senna?
Senna is pronounced /ˈsɛnə/.
What is the plural of senna?
The plural of senna is sennas.

Words near senna in the dictionary

  1. senkyunolide
  2. senkyunolides
  3. Senlac
  4. Senlis
  5. Senn
  6. senna
  7. senna glycoside
  8. Sennacherib
  9. sennachie
  10. sennachies
  11. sennachy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: senna (page history and authors); Senna (page history and authors); senna (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سنا (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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