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cassia

/ˈkæsiə/

cassia noun: the spice made from the bark of members of the genus Cinnamomum other than true cinnamon (C. verum), when they are distinguished from cinnamon.

cassia: the spice made from the bark of members of the genus Cinnamomum other than true cinnamon (C....
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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).

cassia meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

cassia in Tamil

தாழ்ந்ததரக் கருவாய்ப்பட்டைவகை, கருவாமரவகை, நிலவாகை

cassia in Urdu

موٹی دارچینی, سینا

cassia in Bengali

তেজপাতা, দারুচিনি বিশেষ, নিকৃষ্ট জাতের দারুচিনি

cassia in Kannada

ರೇಲ

Forms of cassia

pluralcassias
pluralcassiæ

Origin of cassia

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.

Words formed from cassia

Phrases with cassia

Questions about cassia

What does cassia mean?
Cassia means the spice made from the bark of members of the genus Cinnamomum other than true cinnamon (C. verum), when they are distinguished from cinnamon.
What is cassia in Tamil?
Cassia in Tamil is தாழ்ந்ததரக் கருவாய்ப்பட்டைவகை, கருவாமரவகை, நிலவாகை. See Cassia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cassia?
Cassia is a noun.
How do you pronounce cassia?
Cassia is pronounced /ˈkæsiə/.
What is the plural of cassia?
The plural of cassia is cassias.

Words near cassia in the dictionary

  1. Cassety
  2. Cassety Hollow
  3. Cassetys
  4. Cassey
  5. Cassi
  6. cassia
  7. Cassia County
  8. Cassia crossbill
  9. Cassia crossbills
  10. Cassian
  11. Cassiani

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cassia (page history and authors); cassia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Cassia (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cassia (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cassia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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