sene

noun — 2 senses

sene

noun

Etymology From Old French sene.

1

Obsolete Senna.

My selfe have found by experience, that radish rootes are windie, and senie-leaves breede loosenes in the belly.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 37, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

sene

noun

Etymology From Samoan sene, in turn from English cent.

1

A unit of currency equivalent to a hundredth of a Samoan tala.

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