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Definition of Seneca

Seneca
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.]

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- Look up Seneca in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Seneca may refer to: Seneca (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or...
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger (/ˈsɛnɪkə/ SEN-ik-ə; c. 4 BC – AD 65), usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome...
- The Seneca (/ˈsɛnɪkə/ SEN-ik-ə; Seneca: O-non-dowa-gah, lit. 'Great Hill People') are a group of Indigenous Iroquoian-speaking people who historically...
- Seneca Polytechnic, formerly Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology or Seneca College for short, is a multi-campus public college in the Greater...
- The Piper PA-34 Seneca is a twin-engined light aircraft, produced in the United States by Piper Aircraft. It has been in non-continuous production since...
- 40°47′02″N 73°58′08″W / 40.784002°N 73.968892°W / 40.784002; -73.968892 Seneca Village was a 19th-century settlement of mostly African American landowners...
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Elder (/ˈsɛnɪkə/ SEN-ik-ə; c. 54 BC – c. AD 39), also known as Seneca the Rhetorician, was a Roman writer, born of a wealthy...
- Seneca (/ˈsɛnəkə/; in Seneca, Onöndowaʼga꞉ʼ Gawë꞉noʼ, or Onötowáʼka꞉) is the language of the Seneca people, one of the Six Nations of the Hodinöhsö꞉niʼ...
- The Seneca effect, or Seneca cliff or Seneca collapse, is a mathematical model proposed by Ugo Bardi to describe situations where a system's rate of decline...
- Joe Seneca (January 14, 1919 – August 15, 1996) was an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for playing Willie Brown in Crossroads...