See Also: Seneca(dictionary)
Seneca(encyclopedia)
Seneca 1,(dictionary)
Seneca snakeroot(medicine)
Seneca Hospital(health)
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus(encyclopedia)
Seneca Falls Convention(encyclopedia)
WEST SENECA CENTRAL EMPLOYEES Credit Union(finance)

Seneca (iou)



Seneca noun & adjective. M17.
[Dutch Senneca(a)s the upper Iroquois peoples collectively, perh. orig. from Mahican name for the Oneida.]
A. noun. Pl. -s, same. A member of an Iroquois people, one of the five of the original Iroquois confederation, formerly inhabiting an area south of Lake Ontario; the language of this people. M17.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to the Senecas or their language. E18.
Seneca grass US holy-grass, Hierochloe borealis; Seneca oil [from Lake Seneca, New York State] Hist. crude petroleum; Seneca snakeroot: see snakeroot s.v. SNAKE noun.