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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
senega is a noun meaning "dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin". It carries 2 recorded senses.
dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin
perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for senega come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.