From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cassia \Cas"sia\ (k[a^]sh"[.a]), noun [L. cassia and casia, Gr. kassi'a and kasi'a; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. qets[=i][=a]h, fr. q[=a]tsa' to cut off, to peel off.]
1. (Bot.) 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 {Cinnamomum} 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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods
2: Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon [syn: {cassia-bark tree}, {Cinnamomum cassia}]
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Cassia -- U.S. County in Idaho Population (2000): 21416 Housing Units (2000): 7862 Land area (2000): 2566.445742 sq. miles (6647.063674 sq. km) Water area (2000): 13.859946 sq. miles (35.897093 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2580.305688 sq. miles (6682.960767 sq. km) Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16 Location: 42.357856 N, 113.638731 W Headwords: Cassia Cassia, ID Cassia County Cassia County, ID
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Cassia (1.) Hebrew _kiddah'_, i.e., "split." One of the principal spices of the holy anointing oil (Ex. 30:24), and an article of commerce (Ezek. 27:19). It is the inner bark of a tree resembling the cinnamon (q.v.), the Cinnamomum cassia of botanists, and was probably imported from India. (2.) Hebrew pl. _ketzi'oth_ (Ps. 45:8). Mentioned in connection with myrrh and aloes as being used to scent garments. It was probably prepared from the peeled bark, as the Hebrew word suggests, of some kind of cinnamon.
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