Definition of: cassia

(kash′ə) noun
1. A coarse variety of cinnamon, especially that obtained from the bark of Cinnamomum cassia: also cassia bark.
2. The tree yielding it.
3. Any of a large genus (Cassia) of shrubs or herbs of the senna family.
4. A medicinal product of a plant of the genus Cassia; especially, the laxative pulp obtained from the pods of C. fistula of the East Indies. Compare SENNA. [<L <Gk. kasia <Hebrew qetsi′ah <qātsa′ strip off bark]