Căs'siă, n.

(kăsh'ă), n. [Lat. cassia and casia, Gr. κασσία and κασία, Pr. & It. cassia, Fr. casse, Heb. qesīāh, from qāsa', to cut off, to peel off, Ar. qathaa.] (Bot.) (a.) A genus of leguminous plants of many species, most of which have purgative qualities; among them are varieties producing the senna used in medicine. (b.) A species of Laurus (L. cassia), the bark of which usually passes under the name of cinnamon, differing from the real cinnamon chiefly in the strength of its qualities. Loudon.

Cassia buds, the unexpanded flowers of a species of cinnamon (L. cinnamomum) brought from the East Indies. They are of a dark-brown color, with an aromatic taste, like that of cinnamon. Loudon.