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cassias

cassias 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).

Phrases with cassias

Questions about cassias

What is cassias the plural of?
Cassias is the plural of cassia.

Words near cassias in the dictionary

  1. Cassia crossbill
  2. Cassia crossbills
  3. Cassian
  4. Cassiani
  5. Cassiar
  6. cassias
  7. cassiatannin
  8. cassiatannins
  9. cassican
  10. cassicans
  11. cassid

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