Cassia
- noun
- /ˈkæʃə/
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Cassia
- In traditional medicine, cassia is recognized for its potential health benefits and is commonly used in herbal remedies.
Examples
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Farmers are planting cassia to improve soil health and reduce erosion in the fields.
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I 'had' the cassia, but it died. I need to see if I have more seeds for this in my stash.
Blog text (1) -
There they are: the archways, the cassia trees, the high walls of the Ghost Merchant's House, the hills leading to Thistle Mountain.
Fiction book (1996) -
Though I find only one new plant (the cassia), yet old acquaintances grow so rankly, and the spearmint intoxicates me so that I am bewildered, as it were, by a variety of new things.
Blog text (6) -
The cassia tree produces beautiful flowers and is often used in gardens for decoration.
Compounds
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A shrub with yellow flowers whose dried leaves are a natural laxative
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A tropical shrub with bright yellow flowers and leaves people use to treat skin infections
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An evergreen shrub from India with bright yellow flowers whose bark people use to make leather
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A tropical tree with fragrant yellow hanging flowers and seed pods used in traditional medicine
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A tropical American tree with upright groups of pink flowers often planted for its beauty
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A tree from India with long pods that have black pulp used to treat horses
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A tropical bush with many leaves that smells unpleasant and whose seeds are sometimes mixed with coffee
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A tree from India with long pods and pink flowers that people use to treat animals
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A tropical herb with yellow flowers and thin curved pods often used in traditional medicine
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A Chinese tree whose dried bark is used as a common type of cinnamon
- Indian
A tree from India with long seed pods whose dark pulp people use to treat horses
A tropical shrub with yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice treats skin infections and poisonous bites
- Indian
An evergreen bush from India with bright yellow flowers whose bark is used to make leather
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cassia comes from an old Greek word kassia for a spice like 'cinnamon', so the plants were named for their warm, spicy bark and smell.
