'Cassia bark' definitions:
Definition of 'cassia bark'
From: WordNet
noun
Aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree; less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark [syn: cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon]
Definition of 'Cassia bark'
From: GCIDE
- Cassia \Cas"sia\ (k[a^]sh"[.a]), n. [L. cassia and casia, Gr. kassi`a and kasi`a; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. qets[imac][=a]h, fr. q[=a]tsa' 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]