[ˈkasɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- 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

- the aromatic bark of an East Asian tree, yielding an inferior kind of cinnamon which is sometimes used to adulterate true cinnamon


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Origin:
Old English (in cassia), from Latin, probably denoting the wild cinnamon, via Greek from Hebrew qĕṣī‘āh