cassia bark

Variant of cassia

cassia definition

cas·sia (kas̸h′ə, kas′ē ə)

noun

    1. the bark of a tree (Cinnamomum cassia) of the laurel family, native to Southeast Asia: used as the source of a coarse variety of cinnamon
      in full cassia bark
    2. this tree
    1. any of a genus (Cassia) of herbs, shrubs, and trees of the caesalpinia family, common in tropical countries: the pods of some of these plants have a mildly laxative pulp: from the leaves of others the cathartic drug senna is prepared
    2. cassia pods
    3. cassia pulp

Etymology: ME < L < Gr kasia, kind of cinnamon < Heb qeṣīʼāh, lit., something scraped off

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