- senega
- noun Date: 1748 the dried root of seneca snakeroot that contains an irritating saponin and is used as an expectorant
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senega — ☆ senega [sen′i gə ] n. [< Senega (root), var. of SENECA1: from use by the Seneca against snake bites] 1. an E North American milkwort (Polygala senega) with single racemes of white flowers 2. its dried root, formerly used as an expectorant:… … English World dictionary
Senega — Senĕga, Senĕga Kreuzblume (Polygala Senega L.), s. Polygala und Senegawurzel … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
senega — sf. bot. toks putokšlinių šeimos Amerikos augalas: Putokšlė senega (Polygala Senega) LBŽ. Senegos šaknis LBŽ … Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language
Senega — Senega, Senegawurzel, die Wurzel der nordamerik. Pflanze Polygala Senega, ist officinell, wird bei chronischen Katarrhen u. andern atonischen Brustkrankheiten angewendet … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Senega — Sen e*ga, n. (Med.) Seneca root. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Senega — Senega, Art der Pflanzengattung Polygala, s.d … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Senĕga — Senĕga, Pflanze, s. Polygala … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
SENEGA — fluv. Africae in Nigritia maximus, seu potius ramus praecipuus Nigri, maxime Borealis alias Darat, in Oceanum Atlanticum se exonerat, prope Arsinatium promontor. ubi Francorum colonia. Ei adiacent Urb. Genehoa, Tombutum, aliaeque. Excurrit ab… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Senega — NOTOC Senega is the dried root of the Polygala senega , In 1911, it was official in the British and United States pharmacopoeias. Senega contains an active principle, saponin. Senega is used chiefly as a stimulating expectorant in chronic… … Wikipedia
senega — noun 1. dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin • Hypernyms: ↑root • Part Holonyms: ↑Seneca snakeroot, ↑Seneka snakeroot, ↑senga root, ↑senega root, ↑senega snakeroot, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sénéga — (entrée créée par le supplément) (sé né ga) s. m. Plante, le polygala senega, L. • Le docteur Honoré, frappé de voir les naturels du centre de l Australie guérir toutes les maladies de poitrine par le sue du sénéga, Journ. offic. 23 avril 1872 … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
