senna
English
Noun
senna (countable and uncountable, plural sennas)
- (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.
- (uncountable) The dried leaves or pods of these plants (especially of Senna alexandrina, syn. Cassia angustifolia or Cassia acutifolia), used medicinally.
- (medicine) senna glycoside, a laxative.
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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse senna, from the verb sanna (“to affirm, prove”). See also Old Frisian sanna (“to contradict, disprove”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛnːa/
- Rhymes: -ɛnːa
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛn.na/
- Rhymes: -ɛnna
- Hyphenation: sèn‧na
Alternative forms
Noun
senna f (plural senne)
- (botany) senna
- (uncountable) senna (medicinal preparation)
- (fishing) fishing net
Derived terms
See also
- lampara (“fishing net”)
- tramaglio (“fishing net”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French seine, from Late Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē).
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛn.na/
- Rhymes: -ɛnna
- Syllabification: sen‧na
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