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Webster 1913 Edition

Cassia

Cas′sia

(kăsh′ȧ)
,
Noun.
[L.
cassia
and
casia
, Gr.
κασσία
and
κασία
; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb.
qetsīāh
, fr.
qātsa’
to cut off, to peel off.]
1.
(Bot.)
A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of several species furnish the senna used in medicine.
2.
The bark of several species of
Cinnamomum
grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as
cassia
, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more or less in strength and flavor, and the amount of outer bark attached.
☞ The medicinal “cassia” (Cassia pulp) is the laxative pulp of the pods of a leguminous tree (
Cassia fistula
or Pudding-pipe tree), native in the East Indies but naturalized in various tropical countries.
Cassia bark
,
the bark of
Cinnamomum cassia
, etc. The coarser kinds are called
Cassia lignea
, and are often used to adulterate true cinnamon.
–
Cassia buds
,
the dried flower buds of several species of cinnamon (
Cinnamomum cassia
, atc..).
–
Cassia oil
,
oil extracted from cassia bark and cassia buds; – called also
oil of cinnamon
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cassia

CASSIA

,
Noun.
A genus of plants of many species, among which are the fistula, or purging cassia, and the senna. The former is a native of Egypt and both Indies; the latter is a native of Persia, Syria and Arabia. The latter is a shrubby plant, the leaves of which are much used in medicine. The purging cassia is the pulp of the pods, and is a gentle laxative.
Cassia is also the name of a species of Laurus, the bark of which usually passes under the name of cinnamon, differing from real cinnamon chiefly in the strength of its qualities. From a plant of this kind was extracted an aromatic oil, used as a perfume by the Jews.

Definition 2024

Cássia

Cássia

See also: cassia and Cassia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Cássia

  1. Cássia (municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

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