Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Seneca"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Senecas \Sen"e*cas\, n. pl.; sing. {Seneca}. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Western
New York. This tribe was the most numerous and most warlike
of the Five Nations.
{Seneca grass}(Bot.), holy grass. See under {Holy}.
{Seneca eil}, petroleum or naphtha.
{Seneca root}, or {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}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Seneca
n 1: Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero
(circa 4 BC - 65 AD) [syn: {Seneca}, {Lucius Annaeus
Seneca}]
2: a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York
state south of Lake Ontario [syn: {Seneca}]
3: the Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca people [syn: {Seneca}]
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