cas|sia

cas|sia
cas|sia «KASH uh, KAS ee uh», noun.
1. an inferior kind of cinnamon, made from cassia bark: »

Much of our cassia comes from China (Science News Letter).

2. the tree. It belongs to the laurel family.
3. = cassia bark. (Cf.cassia bark)
4. a plant yielding leaves and pods that are used in making senna. It belongs to the pea family.
5. the pods or their pulp.
[Old English cassia < Latin < Greek kassíā < Hebrew qeī"ā]

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