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cassiæ

cassiæ is the plural of cassia.

Meaning of cassia

Noun

cassia (countable and uncountable, plural cassias or cassiæ)

  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.
    • The Daughters of the Flood have ſearch'd the Mead / For Violets pale, and cropt the Poppy's Head: / The Short Narciſſus and fair Daffodil, / Pancies to pleaſe the Sight, and Caſſia ſvveet to ſmell: […]1697, Virgil, “The Second Pastoral. Or, Alexis.”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 6
  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, mistranslation from Chinese) The sweet osmanthus (O. fragrans).

Questions about cassiæ

What is cassiæ the plural of?
Cassiæ is the plural of cassia.

Words near cassiæ in the dictionary

  1. cassiterites
  2. Cassites
  3. Cassity
  4. Cassius
  5. Cassivi
  6. cassiæ
  7. Cassmance
  8. Cassmancer
  9. Casso
  10. cassock
  11. cassocked

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