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Cassia
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What's The Definition Of Cassia?
[n] any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods
[n] Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon Synonyms | Synonyms for Cassia: cassia-bark tree | Cinnamomum cassia Related Terms | Find terms related to Cassia: See Also | canafistola | canafistula | cassia bark | Cassia fistula | Cassia grandis | Cassia javonica | Cassia marginata | Cassia roxburghii | Chinese cinnamon | Cinnamomum | drumstick tree | genus Cassia | genus Cinnamomum | golden shower tree | horse cassia | laurel | pink shower | pink shower tree | pudding pipe tree | purging cassia | rainbow shower | tree Cassia In Webster's Dictionary \Cas"sia\, n. [L. cassia and casia, Gr. ? and ?; of
Semitic origin; cf. Heb. qets[=i][=a]h, fr. q[=a]tsa' to cut
off, to peel off.]
1. (Bot.) 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.
2. 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.
Note: The medicinal ``cassia'' (Cassia pulp) is the laxative
pulp of the pods of a leguminous tree ({Cassia fistula}
or Pudding-pipe tree), native in the East Indies but
naturalized in various tropical countries.
{Cassia bark}, the bark of {Cinnamomum cassia}, etc. The
coarser kinds are called {Cassia lignea}, and are often
used to adulterate true cinnamon.
{Cassia buds}, the dried flower buds of several species of
cinnamon ({Cinnamomum cassia}, atc..).
{Cassia oil}, oil extracted from cassia bark and cassia buds;
-- called also {oil of cinnamon}.
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