cassia
part of speech
noun (cassia, uncountable as a spice; a cassia, cassias as a plant)
meaning for a pupil
1) A spice made from the bark of a tree; it tastes and smells like cinnamon and is often sold as cinnamon. tree →
2) A tree or bush with yellow flowers in warm countries; some kinds are grown in gardens and parks. tree →
3) (Bible) A sweet-smelling spice mentioned in the Bible, used in holy oil and perfumes. tree →
sense in the lessons
In cooking and food lessons it explains where much «cinnamon» in shops really comes from. In geography and science it is a plant of warm places such as China, India and Australia. In Bible lessons it is one of the spices in the holy anointing oil. It tells the reader about a warm, sweet smell or a yellow-flowered tree.
examples
- Much of the cinnamon sold in supermarkets is actually cassia. tree →
- Cassia bark is thicker and rougher than true cinnamon. tree →
- Grandma's apple cake smelled of cassia and cloves. tree →
- Bright yellow cassia trees lined the street in the summer. tree →
- The Bible lists cassia among the spices for the holy oil. tree →
- Cassia comes from the bark of a tree that grows in southern China. tree →
- We crushed a stick of cassia in the science lesson to smell it. tree →
note
Say «KASS-ee-uh». As a spice it is uncountable (some cassia); as a tree it is countable (cassias). Trap: cassia and true cinnamon are related but not the same plant; true cinnamon comes mostly from Sri Lanka.
In the corpora
- and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.
- Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.
- Myrrh, and aloes, and cassia are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «cassia» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.