Noun
- 1. cassia, tree
- usage: any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods
- 2. genus Cassia, Cassia, rosid dicot genus
- usage: some genus Cassia species often classified as members of the genus Senna or genus Chamaecrista
- 3. cassia, cassia-bark tree, Cinnamomum cassia, laurel
- usage: Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon
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