Definitions for Cassia

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Cassia cas·sia

Spelling: [kash-uh, kas-ee-uh]

IPA: /ˈkæʃ ə, ˈkæs i ə/

Cassia is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 59 anagrams from letters in Cassia (aaciss).

Definitions for Cassia

noun

1. Also called cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon. a variety of cinnamon derived from the cassia-bark tree.
2. any of numerous plants, trees, and shrubs belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, several species of which yield medicinal products.
3. Also called cassia pods. the pods of Cassia fistulosa, a tree widely cultivated as an ornamental.
4. Also called cassia pulp. the pulp of these pods, used medicinally and as a flavoring.

Origin of Cassia

before 1000; Middle English cas(s)ia, Old English Latin Greek kas(s)ía Semitic; compare Hebrew qəṣīʿāh

Examples for Cassia

cassia is thicker in the roll, a dull brown, and if a piece is broken is like a piece of wood.

The Chinese give other reasons for associating the cassia with the Moon.

It is embalmed and kept sweet by the myrrh and cassia of many tears.

The cement consists of a mixture of shellac and 10 per cent of oil of cassia.

cassia cinnamon, which is a Chinese variety, is obtained from Cinnamomum cassia.

Torsional movement of leaflet of cassia alata: Experiment 152.

They call the Moon, therefore, the Kuelan, or the disk of the cassia.

cassia was not large, but she had a good deal of action, and was the Doctor's show-horse.

These they must keep off from their eyes, and so cut the cassia.

Amongst the other wood, we found there abundance of cassia, and a few lime-trees.