Definition of "cassia"

cassia

/ˈkæsiə/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural cassias or cassiæ
1. (uncountable) The spice made from the bark of members of the genus Cinnamomum other than true cinnamon (C. verum), when they are distinguished from cinnamon.
2. (countable) Such trees themselves, particularly the Chinese cinnamon, Cinnamomum cassia.
  Quotations
  The Daughters of the Flood have ſearch'd the Mead / For Violets pale, and cropt the Poppy's Head: / The Short Narciſſus and fair Daffodil, / Pancies to pleaſe the Sight, and Caſſia ſvveet to ſmell: […]
  1697, Virgil, “The Second Pastoral. Or, Alexis.”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], page 6
3. (countable) Any of several tropical leguminous plants, of the genus Cassia.
4. (countable) Any of several tropical leguminous plants, of the genus Senna.
5. (countable, mistranslation from Chinese) The sweet osmanthus (O. fragrans).