senna

From Arabic سَنَا (sanā, “senna”).

senna (countable and uncountable, plural sennas)

1. (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.
2. (uncountable) The dried leaves or pods of these plants (especially of Senna alexandrina, syn. Cassia angustifolia or Cassia acutifolia), used medicinally.
3. (medicine) senna glycoside, a laxative.

• American senna
• bladder senna
• coffee senna
• wild senna

• Annes, Anne's

From Old Norse senna, from the verb sanna (“to affirm, prove”). See also Old Frisian sanna (“to contradict, disprove”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnːa/
• Rhymes: -ɛnːa

senna f (genitive singular sennu, nominative plural sennur)

1. quarrel, row, slanging match

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛnna
• Hyphenation: sèn‧na

Borrowed from Arabic سَنَا (sanā).

• sena

senna f (plural senne)

1. (botany) senna
2. (uncountable) senna (medicinal preparation)
3. (fishing) fishing net

• senna falsa

• lampara (“fishing net”)
• tramaglio (“fishing net”)

Borrowed from French seine, from Late Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē).

senna f (plural senne)

1. (fishing) a large trammel
2. (fishing) seine (net)

• senna1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• senna2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛnna
• Syllabification: sen‧na

senna

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of senny