Definition of cassia Cassia
/kæˈʃiʌ/ - [katsheeu] - cas•si•a
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NounPlural: cassias |
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| cassia - any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods | ||
| tree English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917) | ||
| genus cassia, cassia some genus Cassia species often classified as members of the genus Senna or genus Chamaecrista | ||
| canafistola, canafistula, cassia fistula, drumstick tree, golden shower tree, pudding pipe tree, purging cassia deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia | ||
| cassia grandis, pink shower, pink shower tree, horse cassia tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-colored flowers; used as an ornamental | ||
| cassia javonica, rainbow shower deciduous ornamental hybrid of southeastern Asia and Hawaii having racemes of flowers ranging in color from cream-colored to orange and red | ||
| cassia - Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon | ||
| cassia-bark tree, Cinnamomum cassia | ||
| laurel (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory | ||
| cinnamomum, genus cinnamomum Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs | ||
| cassia - some genus Cassia species often classified as members of the genus Senna or genus Chamaecrista | ||
| genus Cassia, Cassia | ||
| rosid dicot genus a genus of dicotyledonous plants | ||
| caesalpinioideae, subfamily caesalpinioideae alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cassia (n.)
A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of several species furnish the senna used in medicine. - cassia (n.)
The bark of several species of Cinnamomum grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as cassia, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more or less in strength and flavor, and the amount of outer bark attached.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cassia
kash′ya, n. a coarser kind of cinnamon—also Cass′ia-bark: the tree which yields the foregoing: a fragrant plant mentioned in Ps. xlv. 8 (Heb. qeçî'ôth, prob. the Ind. orris or costus): a genus of shrubs of the bean family (Leguminosæ), the leaves of several species yielding senna, while the drug known as cassia fistula or purging cassia is derived from the pod of Cassia fistula, the bark of which is used in tanning. [L. casia—Gr. kasia—Heb.]
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🔤- cassia, noun, singular of cassias.
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