CASSIA

(Lat.), n. f. Kas(ka )'sia-as. For deriv., see CASIA. Fr., ca e. Ger., Ca ie, Ka ie. It., c. Sp.. casia. 1. An old name for several sweet-smelling trees, particularly Cinnamomum c.; hence now applied to the coarser varieties of cinnamon-bark, especially those derived from China and eastern Asia. See C. ligne a. 2. Of Tournefort, a genus of leguminous plants of the tribe Ca iece, comprising about 340 genera distributed into the subgenera Fistula (the genera Bactyrilobium [Willdenow] and Cathartocarpus [Per so on]), Senna (including the Senna of Roxburgh and the Macleaya of other authors), and Lasiorrhegma (including the Chamcecrista [Meyer] and Orimaldia [Schrank]). 3. Of the Netherl. Ph., A. ape: A, at; A, ah: A, all; Ch, chin; Ch, loch (Scottish); [s. 110]