n 1  :  any plant of the genus Cassia : esp  :  one used medicinally  2  :  the dried leaflets or pods of various sennas (esp. Cassia acutifolia and C. angustifolia) used as a purgative .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  cen  H zone  sane  sau·na 
 
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