Defn: The quality or state of being senior.
SENIORIZE
Sen"ior*ize, v. i.
Defn: To exercise authority; to rule; to lord it. [R.] Fairfax.
SENIORY
Sen"ior*y, n.
Defn: Seniority. [Obs.] Shak.
SENNA Sen"na, n. Etym: [Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, F. séné; all fr. Ar. sana.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (C. acutifolia. C. angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West Indies. Bladder senna. (Bot.) See under Bladder. — Wild senna (Bot.), the Cassia Marilandica, growing in the United States, the leaves of which are used medicinally, like those of the officinal senna.