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Definition of Seneca grass

Seneca grass
Senecas Sen"e*cas, n. pl.; sing. Seneca. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Western New York. This tribe was the most numerous and most warlike of the Five Nations. Seneca grass(Bot.), holy grass. See under Holy. Seneca eil, petroleum or naphtha. Seneca root, or Seneca snakeroot (Bot.), the rootstock of an American species of milkworth (Polygala Senega) having an aromatic but bitter taste. It is often used medicinally as an expectorant and diuretic, and, in large doses, as an emetic and cathartic. [Written also Senega root, and Seneka root.]

Meaning of Seneca grass from wikipedia

- nitens (commonly known as sweet gr****, manna gr****, Mary’s gr**** or vanilla gr****, and as holy gr**** in the UK, bison gr**** e.g. by Polish vodka producers)...
- The Seneca (/ˈsɛnɪkə/ SEN-ik-ə; Seneca: Onödowáʼga:, lit. 'Great Hill People') are a group of Indigenous Iroquoian-speaking people who historically lived...
- residential and industrial; originally called Ga-We-Not (Great Island) by the Seneca. Gr**** Island Niagara Falls  United States Filled in Filled in during the 1960s...
- Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel is a casino in Niagara Falls, New York, United States. It was built by the Seneca Nation to compete with Casino Niagara...
- The Seneca white deer (Odocoileus virgini****) are a rare herd of deer living within the confines of the former Seneca Army Depot in Seneca County, New...
- Reservation of the Seneca Nation of New York. Federal condemnation of tribal lands to be flooded for the project displaced more than 600 Seneca members and cost...
- Township Wexford 2,233 2,093 +6.7% 1,915 34.31 88.9 61.0/sq mi (23.6/km2) Seneca Township Lenawee 1,155 1,230 −6.1% 1,303 40.05 103.7 30.7/sq mi (11.9/km2)...
- Plants") in the Seneca language and thus generally known as Cornplanter, was a Dutch-Seneca chief warrior and diplomat of the Seneca people. As a war...
- Benfield (1906). Dictionary of Quotations (classical). The Macmillan Co. Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (1900). Minor Dialogs: Together with the Dialog On Clemency...
- alleged that the reservoir's existence violates the 1794 agreement between Seneca chief Cornplanter and George Washington. The Allegheny Reservoir is a man-made...