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senna

/ˈsɛnə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables
sen-na
IPA
/ˈsɛnə/
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Countable

noun

The dried leaves or pods of these plants (especially of Senna alexandrina, syn. Cassia angustifolia or Cassia acutifolia), used medicinally.

Uncountable

noun

Senna glycoside, a laxative.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname from Italian.

Etymology

From Arabic سَنَا (sanā, “senna”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

sennas (plural)

Phrases

American senna bladder senna coffee senna scorpion senna wild senna

Rhymes With

vienna antenna jenna mckenna sienna sena pena bene henna ravenna lorena modena

Questions

How do you pronounce senna?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɛnə/.
What does senna mean?
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.
Where does senna come from?
From Arabic سَنَا (sanā, “senna”).

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