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Senega root
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 Senega root from wikipedia

- States. Its common names include Seneca snakeroot, senega snakeroot, senegaroot, rattlesnake root, and mountain flax. Its species name honors the Seneca...
- sinisica Polygala smallii – tiny milkwort Polygala tenuifolia – Chinese senega-root, yuan zhi (Chinese: 遠志) Polygala vulgaris – common milkwort Species now...
- substance, is found in soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), in senega root (Polygala senega) and in sarsaparilla; it appears to be chemically related to...
- (Zingiber officinale) Northern prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) Senega (Polygala senega) Hypersalivation Paris, John Ayrton (1825). Pharmacologia, al,...
- snakeroot Eryngium cuneifolium – Snakeroot Plantago major – Snakeroot Polygala senega – Seneca snakeroot Rauvolfia serpentina – Indian snakeroot Black snakeroot...
- Abandonment of FGM/C and Early Marriage: Results from a qualitative study in Senega", UNICEF, January 2008. "Djibouti", Statistical profile on female genital...
- (Field milkwort, E) Polygala nuttallii (Nuttall's milkwort, T) Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot, E) Polygonum glau**** (Seabeach knotweed, SC) Rumex persicarioides...
- montagne de Madagascar". Zoosystema 30(3):695–721 (in French) Mein, P., Sénégas, F., Gommery, D., Ramanivosoa, B., Randrianantenaina, H. and Kerloc'h,...
- University of Chicago Press. pp. 1194–1198. ISBN 978-0-226-30307-9. Mein, P.; Sénégas, F.; Gommery, D.; Ramanivosoa, B.; Randrianantenaina, H.; Kerloc'h, P....