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cassia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkæsiə/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin cassia (“cinnamon”), from Ancient Greek κασσία, κασία, κάσια (kassía, kasía, kásia), from Hebrew קְצִיעָה (qəṣīʿā), from Aramaic קְצִיעֲתָא (qəṣīʿătā), from קְצַע (qṣaʿ, “to cut off”). Compare Kezia.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The spice made from the bark of members of the genus Cinnamomum other than true cinnamon (C. verum), when they are distinguished from cinnamon.
2. (countable) Such trees themselves, particularly the Chinese cinnamon, Cinnamomum cassia.
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3. (countable) Any of several tropical leguminous plants, of the genus Cassia.
4. (countable) Any of several tropical leguminous plants, of the genus Senna.
5. (countable, qualifier:mistranslation from Chinese) The sweet osmanthus (O. fragrans).

Forms

Deriveds

Vietnamese cassia · Chinese cassia · Batavia cassia · Indonesian cassia · purging cassia

Translations (7)

pl cynamonowiec (plant used as a spice) · pl kasja (plant used as a spice) · af kassia (plant used as a spice) · ja カシア (plant used as a spice) · he קְצִיעָה (plant used as a spice) · hu kasszia (plant used as a spice) · mi kahia (plant used as a spice)