senna
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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
 
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Noun
    
senna f (plural senne)
- (botany) senna
 - (uncountable) senna (medicinal preparation)
 - (fishing) fishing net
 
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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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