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1. (n.) cassia
any plant, tree, or shrub belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, several species of which yield medicinal products.
2. cassia
Also called cassia pods. the pods of Cassia fistula, a tree widely cultivated as an ornamental.
3. cassia
Also called cassia pulp. the pulp of these pods, used medicinally and as a flavoring.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; OE < L < Gk < Semitic; cf. Heb q&schwa;&sdotbelow;ī&ain;āh)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) cassia
any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods
2. (noun) genus Cassia, Cassia
some genus Cassia species often classified as members of the genus Senna or genus Chamaecrista
3. (noun) cassia, cassia-bark tree, Cinnamomum cassia
Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Cassia
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. (noun) Cassia
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
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Cassia
A plant genus of the family FABACEAE. Many species of this genus, including the medicinal C. senna and C. angustifolia, have been reclassified into the Senna genus (SENNA PLANT) and some to CHAMAECRISTA.
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Sense: any of several types of tropical tree or shrub of the pea family with small yellow or pink flowers.
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 Afrikaans: kassia |
 Arabic: شَجَرَةُ الكاسيا الأستوائ |
 Bulgarian: канела |
 Brazilian: cássia |
 Czech: kasie |
 German: die Kassia |
 Greek: είδος τροπικού δέντρου |
 Spanish: casia fistula |
 Estonian: kassia |
 Farsi: درخت کاسیا |
 Finnish: cassia |
 French: casse |
 Hebrew: קָסְיָה |
 Hindi: तेजपात, अमलतास |
 Croatian: kineski cimet |
 Hungarian: kasszia |
 Indonesian: kasia |
 Icelandic: kaneltré |
 Italian: cassia |
 Japanese: カシアの木 |
 Korean: (나무) 카시아 |
 Lithuanian: kasija |
 Malay: kumpulan tumbuhan tropika |
 Dutch: kassieboom |
 Polish: kasja |
 Persian: درخت کاسیا |
 Pashto: پوټى (طب) دسناد پوټى پانې |
 Romanian: cassia |
 Russian: кассия |
 Slovak: kasia |
 Slovenian: kasija |
 Serbian: kasija |
 Swedish: kassiaträd |
 Thai: ไม้ประเภทชุมเห็ดหรือกระถิ |
 Turkish: sinameki |
 Taiwanese: 決明 |
 Ukrainian: касія |
 Urdu: مٹر کے خاندان کا زرد یا گ |
 Vietnamese: rượu lý đen |
 Chinese: 肉桂，桂皮 |
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