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 cas·sia /ˈkæʃə/
 桂皮[植物名]

 cas·sia =/ˈkæʃə, <ɪ>ɛsp 2 ˈkæsɪə/= 名詞
 肉桂,桂皮

 Cas·sia n.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
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 cassia
      n 1: any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having
           pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers
           followed by long seedpods
      2: Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable
         cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon [syn: cassia-bark tree, Cinnamomum
         cassia]

 Cassia
    (1.) Hebrew _kiddah'_, i.e., "split." One of the principal
    spices of the holy anointing oil (Ex. 30:24), and an article of
    commerce (Ezek. 27:19). It is the inner bark of a tree
    resembling the cinnamon (q.v.), the Cinnamomum cassia of
    botanists, and was probably imported from India.
      (2.) Hebrew pl. _ketzi'oth_ (Ps. 45:8). Mentioned in
    connection with myrrh and aloes as being used to scent garments.
    It was probably prepared from the peeled bark, as the Hebrew
    word suggests, of some kind of cinnamon.