1. Any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods
   "The garden was adorned with fragrant cassia trees in full bloom"
    
2. Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon
   "Cassia is often sold as a cheaper alternative to true cinnamon"; "Cinnamomum cassia is often sold as a cheaper alternative to true cinnamon"; "The cassia-bark tree is widely cultivated in southern China";
   - cassia-bark tree, Cinnamomum cassia

1. Some genus Cassia species often classified as members of the genus Senna or genus Chamaecrista
   - genus Cassia

Derived forms: cassias

Type of: laurel, rosid dicot genus, tree

Part of: Caesalpinioideae, Cinnamomum, genus Cinnamomum, subfamily Caesalpinioideae

Encyclopedia: Cassia, Minas Gerais