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 Definitions of cassia  [ˈkæʃ ə, ˈkæs i ə]  

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Definition of 'cassia' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'cassia' Princeton's WordNet 

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


Definition of 'cassia' Webster Dictionary 

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


Definition of 'cassia' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

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.


Translation of 'cassia' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: any of several types of tropical tree or shrub of the pea family with small yellow or pink flowers.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kassia Arabic flag Arabic: شَجَرَةُ الكاسيا الأستوائ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: канела
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cássia Czech flag Czech: kasie German flag German: die Kassia
Greek flag Greek: είδος τροπικού δέντρου Spanish flag Spanish: casia fistula Estonian flag Estonian: kassia
Farsi flag Farsi: درخت کاسیا Finnish flag Finnish: cassia French flag French: casse
Hebrew flag Hebrew: קָסְיָה Hindi flag Hindi: तेजपात, अमलतास Croatian flag Croatian: kineski cimet
Hungarian flag Hungarian: kasszia Indonesian flag Indonesian: kasia Icelandic flag Icelandic: kaneltré
Italian flag Italian: cassia Japanese flag Japanese: カシアの木 Korean flag Korean: (나무) 카시아
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kasija Malay flag Malay: kumpulan tumbuhan tropika Dutch flag Dutch: kassieboom
Polish flag Polish: kasja Persian flag Persian: درخت کاسیا Pashto flag Pashto: پوټى (طب) دسناد پوټى پانې
Romanian flag Romanian: cassia Russian flag Russian: кассия Slovak flag Slovak: kasia
Slovenian flag Slovenian: kasija Serbian flag Serbian: kasija Swedish flag Swedish: kassiaträd
Thai flag Thai: ไม้ประเภทชุมเห็ดหรือกระถิ Turkish flag Turkish: sinameki Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 決明
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: касія Urdu flag Urdu: مٹر کے خاندان کا زرد یا گ Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: rượu lý đen
Chinese flag Chinese: 肉桂,桂皮

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