alexandria : Idioms & Phrases

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alexandria senna

  • noun erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
    tinnevelly senna; Indian senna; Alexandrian senna; Cassia augustifolia; true senna; Senna alexandrina; Cassia acutifolia.
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hero of alexandria

  • noun Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
    Heron; Hero.
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