CASSIA


Meaning of CASSIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈka-shə ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Latin, from Greek kassia, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew qĕṣī‘āh cassia

Date: before 12th century

1. : a dried coarse cinnamon bark (as from Cinnamomum cassia )

2. : any of a genus ( Cassia ) of leguminous herbs, shrubs, and trees of warm regions

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