purging cassia

Definitions of purging cassia
  1. noun
    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
    synonyms: Cassia fistula, canafistola, canafistula, drumstick tree, golden shower tree, pudding pipe tree
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    cassia
    any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods
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