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sena

1 sena v. cena
2 sena [Ar. sanā], ~is, ~e [ME, OF sene], senna, flowering plant of the family Fabaceae, its leaves or pods used in medicine (especially as laxative). quare qualiter ~e et epithymum, qui sunt calidi et sicci, purgant melancoliam? Quaest. Salern. N 50; masticis, olibani, ~e, liquir’ Gilb. II 96v. 1; ~e purgat coleram rubeam Bacon IX 151; tunc purgatio cum ~e, polipodio, aniso, et agarico summe valet Gad. 7. 2; si materia sit malacolica, purgetur cum ~e et polipodio et epithimo Ib. 69. 1; ~e, folium arboris est in ultramarinis partibus nascentis SB 39; semen ~e, þe seed of a sene tre, and hit ys laxatife MS BL Sloane 282 f. 172vc; 1480 garbelatorem omnium specierum, viz. anisi, cimini, seminis lumbricorum ‥ spicenardi, ~e Pat 545 m. 8; colutea ab officinis ~a, ab Anglis sene nuncupatur Turner Herb. 47.
3 sena v. senus

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