senecas : Idioms & Phrases

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Seneca eil

  • petroleum or naphtha.
Webster 1913

Seneca grass

  • (Bot.), holy grass. See under Holy.
Webster 1913

Seneca root, ∨ 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.
Webster 1913