cassia

/ˈkæʃə/

Other forms: cassias

Definitions of cassia

1. noun

   any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods
   types:

   Cassia fistula, canafistola, canafistula, drumstick tree, golden shower tree, pudding pipe tree, purging cassia

   deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia

   Cassia grandis, horse cassia, pink shower, pink shower tree

   tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-colored flowers; used as an ornamental

   Cassia javonica, rainbow shower

   deciduous ornamental hybrid of southeastern Asia and Hawaii having racemes of flowers ranging in color from cream-colored to orange and red

   Cassia marginata, Cassia roxburghii, horse cassia

   East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine

   type of:

   tree

   a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
2. noun

   Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon
   synonyms: Cinnamomum cassia, cassia-bark tree

   type of:

   laurel

   any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family