cassia

名词 cassia:

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

cas.sia

n.（名词）
Any of various chiefly tropical or subtropical trees, shrubs, or herbs of the genusCassia in the pea family, having pinnately compound leaves, usually yellow flowers, and long, flat or cylindrical pods.
肉桂属植物总称：一种主要是热带或者亚热带豆科肉桂属 乔木、灌木或草木植物，有羽状复叶，通常开黄色的花，长有长扁形或圆筒形豆荚

A tropical Asian evergreen tree(Cinnamomum cassia) having aromatic bark used as a substitute for cinnamon.
肉桂树：一种亚洲常绿热带乔木（山扁豆属肉桂树） ，有可作肉桂皮替代品的芳香树皮
The bark of this tree.
桂皮：这种树木的树皮

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Latin [a kind of plant]
源自 拉丁语 [一种植物]
from Greek kassia
源自 希腊语 kassia
[of Semitic origin]
[源于闪语]