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- [kash-uh, kas-ee-uh]
- /ˈkæʃ ə, ˈkæs i ə/
- /ˈkæ.ʃiə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kash-uh, kas-ee-uh]
- /ˈkæʃ ə, ˈkæs i ə/
Definitions of cassia word
- noun cassia any plant of the mainly tropical leguminous genus Cassia, esp C. fistula, whose pods yield cassia pulp, a mild laxative 3
- noun cassia a lauraceous tree, Cinnamomum cassia, of tropical Asia 3
- noun cassia the bark of a tree (Cinnamomum cassia) of the laurel family, native to Southeast Asia: used as the source of a coarse variety of cinnamon 3
- noun cassia this tree 3
- noun cassia any of a genus (Cassia) of herbs, shrubs, and trees of the caesalpinia family, common in tropical countries: the pods of some of these plants have a mildly laxative pulp: from the leaves of others the cathartic drug senna is prepared 3
- noun cassia cassia pods 3
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Origin of cassia
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English cas(s)ia, Old English < Latin < Greek kas(s)ía < Semitic; compare Hebrew qəṣīʿāh
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Parts of speech for Cassia
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cassia popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
cassia usage trend in Literature
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