[ 'kasɪə ]
■ noun
1》 a leguminous tree or plant of warm climates, producing senna and other valuable products. [Genus Cassia : numerous species.]
2》 the aromatic bark of an East Asian tree ( Cinnamomum aromaticum ), yielding an inferior kind of cinnamon.
Origin
from L., prob. orig. denoting wild cinnamon, via Gk from Heb. qĕṛī῾āh .