ˈkashə, -ˈaa-, -ˈai- also, especially in sense 2, -sēə noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Latin casia, cassia, from Greek kasia, kassia, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew qĕṣī'āh cassia
1. -s : any of the coarser varieties of cinnamon bark — see chinese cinnamon
2. capitalized
[New Latin, from Latin, cassia bark]
: a genus of herbs, shrubs, and trees (family Leguminosae) that are native to warm regions and have even-pinnate leaves sometimes much reduced and nearly regular flowers with calyx teeth equal and usually longer than the corolla — see ringworm bush , senna
3. -s : cassia fistula