Cassia definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CASSIA, n. 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 ... 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 ... 1: any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed ...
Cinnamomum cassia definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: Chinese tree ... bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon [syn: cassia, cassia-bark tree, Cinnamomum cassia] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cassia Cas"sia, n. [L. cassia and casia, Gr. ? and ?; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. ...
Cassia fistula definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: deciduous ... America and Australia [syn: golden shower tree, drumstick tree, purging cassia, pudding pipe tree, canafistola, canafistula, Cassia fistula] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pudding Pud"ding, n. [Cf ... pipe (Bot.), the long, cylindrical pod of the leguminous tree Cassia Fistula. The seeds are separately imbedded in a sweetish pulp. See Cassia. Pudding sleeve, a full sleeve like that of the English ... time came to his aid. --Hudibras. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cassia Cas"sia, n. [L. cassia and casia, Gr. ? and ?; ...
cassia bark definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree; less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark [syn: cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cassia Cas"sia, n. [L. cassia and casia, Gr. ? and ?; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. qets ... grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as cassia, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs ...
Cassia lignea definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cassia Cas"sia, n. [L. cassia and casia, Gr. ? and ?; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. qets ... grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as cassia, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more ... and the amount of outer bark attached. Note: The medicinal ``cassia'' (Cassia pulp) is the laxative pulp of the pods of ...
Cassia buds definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cassia Cas"sia, n. [L. cassia and casia, Gr. ? and ?; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. qets ... grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as cassia, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more ... and the amount of outer bark attached. Note: The medicinal ``cassia'' (Cassia pulp) is the laxative pulp of the pods of ...
Cassia oil definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cassia Cas"sia, n. [L. cassia and casia, Gr. ? and ?; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. qets ... grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as cassia, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more ... and the amount of outer bark attached. Note: The medicinal ``cassia'' (Cassia pulp) is the laxative pulp of the pods of ...
horse cassia definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: East Indian ... black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine [syn: horse cassia, Cassia roxburghii, Cassia marginata] 2: tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes ... as an ornamental [syn: pink shower, pink shower tree, horse cassia, Cassia grandis] Webster's 1913 Dictionary 3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- ...
Cassia marilandica definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: North ... perennial herb; leaves are used medicinally; sometimes placed in genus Cassia [syn: wild senna, Senna marilandica, Cassia marilandica] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Senna Sen"na, n. [Cf ... Med.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (C. acutifolia, C. angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a valuable but ... Bladder senna. (Bot.) See under Bladder. Wild senna (Bot.), the Cassia Marilandica, growing in the United States, the leaves of which ...
Cassia augustifolia definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: erect ... are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia [syn: Alexandria senna, Alexandrian senna, true senna, tinnevelly senna, Indian senna, Senna alexandrina, Cassia acutifolia, Cassia augustifolia]
Cassia acutifolia definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: erect ... are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia [syn: Alexandria senna, Alexandrian senna, true senna, tinnevelly senna, Indian senna, Senna alexandrina, Cassia acutifolia, Cassia augustifolia]
genus Cassia definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: some genus Cassia species often classified as members of the genus Senna or genus Chamaecrista [syn: genus Cassia, Cassia]
tanner's cassia definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: evergreen Indian ... whose bark is used in tanning; sometimes placed in genus Cassia [syn: avaram, tanner's cassia, Senna auriculata, Cassia auriculata]
cassia-bark tree definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon [syn: cassia, cassia-bark tree, Cinnamomum cassia]