Meaning and Origin
What does the name Senna mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A submission from New Zealand says the name Senna means "Thousand lives" and is of Japanese origin.
- According to a user from Canada, the name Senna means "Brightness, luminosity, glow, shine".
- [Med] The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (C. acutifolia C. angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine.
- [Bot] The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West Indies.
Etymology: Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, F. séné; all fr. Ar. sanā
- Any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally
- (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.
senna was also found in the following language(s): Polish