cassia-bark tree

cassia-bark tree
noun
Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon
Syn: ↑cassia, ↑Cinnamomum cassia
Hypernyms: ↑laurel
Member Holonyms: ↑Cinnamomum, ↑genus Cinnamomum
Part Meronyms: ↑cassia bark, ↑Chinese cinnamon

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/kash"euh bahrk', kas"ee euh-/
a lauraceous tree, Cinnamomum cassia, of eastern Asia.

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