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cassia
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CASSIA
n.A genus of plants of many species, among which are the fistula, or purging cassia, and the senna. The former is a native of Egypt and both Indies; the latter is a native of Persia, Syria and Arabia. The latter is a shrubby plant, the leaves of which are much used in medicine. The purging cassia is the pulp of the pods, and is a gentle laxative. Cassia is also the name of a species of Laurus, the bark of which usually passes under the name of cinnamon, differing from real cinnamon chiefly in the strength of its qualities. From a plant of this kind was extracted an aromatic oil, used as a perfume by the Jews.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CASSIA
Cas "sia, n. Etym: [L. cassia and casia, Gr. qetsi \'beh, fr. qatsa' to cut off, to peel off. ]
1. (Bot. )
Defn: 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. The bark of several species of Cinnamommum 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.
Note: The medicinal "cassia " (Cassia pulp ) is the laxative pulp of the pods of a leguminous tree (Cassia fistula or Pudding-pipe tree ), native in the East Indies but naturalized in various tropical countries. Cassia bark, the bark of Cinnamomum Cassia, etc. The coarser kinds are called Cassia lignea, and are often used to adulterate true cinnamon. -- Cassia buds, the dried flower buds of several species of cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia, atc. .). -- Cassia oil, oil extracted from cassia bark and cassia buds; -- called also oil of cinnamon.
New American Oxford Dictionary
cassia
cas sia |ˈkaSHə ˈkæʃə | ▶noun 1 a tree, shrub, or herbaceous plant of the pea family, native to warm climates. Cassias yield a variety of products, including fodder, timber, and medicinal drugs, and many are cultivated as ornamentals. [modern Latin. ] [Genus Cassia, family Leguminosae: many species, including C. fistula, which provides much of the commercially produced senna. ] 2 (also cassia bark ) the aromatic bark of an eastern Asian tree, yielding an inferior kind of cinnamon that is sometimes used to adulterate true cinnamon. [from Latin, probably denoting the wild cinnamon, via Greek from Hebrew qĕṣī ῾āh. ] [Cinnamomum aromaticum, family Lauraceae. ]
Oxford Dictionary
cassia
cassia |ˈkasɪə | ▶noun 1 a tree, shrub, or herbaceous plant of the pea family, native to warm climates. Cassias yield a variety of products, including fodder, timber, and medicinal drugs (such as senna ), and many are cultivated as ornamentals. ●Genus Cassia, family Leguminosae: many species. 2 (also cassia bark ) [ mass noun ] the aromatic bark of an East Asian tree, yielding an inferior kind of cinnamon which is sometimes used to adulterate true cinnamon. ●Cinnamomum aromaticum, family Lauraceae. ORIGIN Old English (in sense 2 ), from Latin, probably denoting the wild cinnamon, via Greek from Hebrew qĕṣī ‘āh.
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