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styptic weed

DEFINITIONS OF: styptic weed

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n very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia

Synonyms:
Cassia occidentalis, Senna occidentalis, coffee senna, mogdad coffee, stinking weed
Type of:
senna
any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally
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