cassia : Idioms & Phrases

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cassia acutifolia

  • noun erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
    tinnevelly senna; Alexandria senna; Indian senna; Alexandrian senna; true senna; Senna alexandrina; Cassia acutifolia.
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cassia alata

  • noun tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
    ringworm shrub; ringworm bush; Cassia alata; Senna alata.
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cassia augustifolia

  • noun erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
    tinnevelly senna; Alexandria senna; Indian senna; Alexandrian senna; true senna; Senna alexandrina; Cassia acutifolia.
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cassia auriculata

  • noun evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
    avaram; Senna auriculata; Cassia auriculata.
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Cassia bark

  • noun aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree; less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark
    Chinese cinnamon.
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  • the bark of Cinnamomum Cassia, etc. The coarser kinds are called Cassia lignea, and are often used to adulterate true cinnamon.
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Cassia buds

  • the dried flower buds of several species of cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia, atc..).
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cassia fasciculata

  • noun tropical American plant having leaflets somewhat sensitive to the touch; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
    partridge pea; Chamaecrista fasciculata; sensitive pea; wild sensitive plant.
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cassia fistula

  • noun deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia
    drumstick tree; Cassia fistula; canafistula; canafistola; pudding pipe tree; golden shower tree.
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cassia grandis

  • noun tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-colored flowers; used as an ornamental
    pink shower tree; pink shower; Cassia grandis.
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cassia javonica

  • noun deciduous ornamental hybrid of southeastern Asia and Hawaii having racemes of flowers ranging in color from cream-colored to orange and red
    rainbow shower.
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cassia marginata

  • noun East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine
    Cassia marginata; Cassia roxburghii.
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cassia marilandica

  • noun North American perennial herb; leaves are used medicinally; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
    wild senna; Senna marilandica.
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cassia occidentalis

  • noun very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia
    Senna occidentalis; stinking weed; styptic weed; mogdad coffee; coffee senna.
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Cassia oil

  • oil extracted from cassia bark and cassia buds; called also oil of cinnamon.
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cassia roxburghii

  • noun East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine
    Cassia marginata; Cassia roxburghii.
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cassia tora

  • noun cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
    sicklepod; Senna obtusifolia.
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cassia-bark tree

  • noun Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon
    cassia; cassia-bark tree.
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cinnamomum cassia

  • noun Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon
    cassia; cassia-bark tree.
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genus cassia

  • noun some genus Cassia species often classified as members of the genus Senna or genus Chamaecrista
    Cassia.
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Horse cassia

  • noun East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine
    Cassia marginata; Cassia roxburghii.
  • noun tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-colored flowers; used as an ornamental
    pink shower tree; pink shower; Cassia grandis.
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  • (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Cassia Javanica), bearing long pods, which contain a black, catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse medicine.
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purging cassia

  • noun deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia
    drumstick tree; Cassia fistula; canafistula; canafistola; pudding pipe tree; golden shower tree.
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ringworm cassia

  • noun tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
    ringworm shrub; ringworm bush; Cassia alata; Senna alata.
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tanner's cassia

  • noun evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
    avaram; Senna auriculata; Cassia auriculata.
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