Definition of
Cassia
- (noun, plant) Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon
- (noun, plant) some genus Cassia species often classified as members of the genus Senna or genus Chamaecrista
- (noun, plant) any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods
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Synonyms of Cassia
Alternate forms of Cassia
Hyponyms: canafistola, canafistula, cassia fistula, cassia grandis, cassia javonica, cassia marginata, cassia roxburghii, drumstick tree, golden shower tree, horse cassia, pink shower, pink shower tree, pudding pipe tree, purging cassia, rainbow shower
Hypernyms: laurel, rosid dicot genus, tree
Origin of the word Cassia
- cinnamon-like plant, late O.E., from L. cassia, from Gk. kasia, from Heb. q'tsi-ah, from qatsa "to cut off, strip off bark." more
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Words that sound like Cassia
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