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senega|ˈsɛnɪgə|
Also 8 senegaw, senekka, 8–9 seneka, seneca.
[app. identical with Seneca (see quot. 1738); the forms with g may be due to association with (gum) senega = gum Senegal.]
The N. American plant Polygala Senega. Also a drug obtained from the root of this plant, formerly used as an antidote for snake-bite. Also attrib.
1738Tennent Epist. to Mead 5 At last I was informed.. that there was a Root discovered by the Seneca Indians which was a certain Remedy against the Bite of the Rattle-snake,..and was distinguished..by the Name of Seneca Rattle-snake Root. 1748W. Lewis Pharmacopoeia 63 Seneka, the root. Senegaw rattle-snake-root. 1753Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. s.v. Polygala, The trials..made of the virtues of the Senekka rattlesnake root, recommended by Dr. Tennent. 1799Med. Jrnl. II. 170 He prescribed the taraxacum, senega, and radix graminis, in decoctions. 1877F. T. Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 390 Ammonia and senega may be given, if there is much debility. 1896Brannt Anim. & Veg. Fats (ed. 2) II. 458 Senega oil.., Senega, Polygala Senega... The root contains fat oil, resin [etc.]. |