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Perennial bushy herb of Central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest
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senega
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n. dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin perennial bushy herb of Central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot [syn: Polygala alba ...
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n. (context medicine English) Seneca root
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Senega \Sen"e*ga\, n. (Med.) Seneca root.
Usage examples of senega.
Alone out of all the Iconians, Senega had called the Gem a curse rather than a blessing .
The gum senega, of which a great quantity is used by the manufacturers of England, being wholly in the hands of the enemy, the English dealers were obliged to buy it at second-hand from the Dutch, who purchased it of the French, and exacted an exorbitant price for that commodity.
Ginseng is sometimes accidentally collected with Senega Root (Polygala Senega, Linn.
The root of this species sometimes occurs in commercial Senega Root (Polygala Senega).
The root has a slight odour, when cut or broken, somewhat resembling Senega root.
Digitonin, which is a cardiac depressant, containing none of the physiological action peculiar to Digitalis, and is identical with Saponin, the chief constituent of Senega root.