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SENEGA ROOT

• SENEGA ROOT (noun)
The noun SENEGA ROOT has 1 sense:

1. eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots

Familiarity information: SENEGA ROOT used as a noun is very rare.

• SENEGA ROOT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Polygala senega; Seneca snakeroot; senega root; senega snakeroot; Seneka snakeroot; senga root

Hypernyms ("senega root" is a kind of...):

milkwort (any of various plants of the genus Polygala)

Meronyms (parts of "senega root"):

senega (dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin)

"Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves."
(English proverb)
"Not every sweet root give birth to sweet grass."
(Native American proverb, tribe unknown)
"Covering one's own ears while stealing a bell."
(Chinese proverb)
"He who studies does not waste his time."
(Corsican proverb)

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