cassia
pronunciation
How to pronounce cassia in British English:
UK ['kæsɪə]
How to pronounce cassia in American English:
US ['kæsɪr]
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- Noun:
- any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods
- Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon
Word Origin
- cassia (n.)
- cinnamon-like plant, late Old English, from Latin cassia, from Greek kasia, from Hebrew q'tsi-ah "cassia," from qatsa "to cut off, strip off bark."
Example
- 1. Your robes are fragrant with myrrh , aloes and cassia .
- 2. Determination of chrysophanol in seman cassia and haw granules .
- 3. Cassia twig plus dragon 's bone and oyster shell decoction .
- 4. Herbal and histological studies of cinnamomum cassia and its related species .
- 5. Study on hardness and germination characteristic of cassia obtusifolia seeds .