English noun: cassia |
1. | cassia (plant) any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods |
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| Broader (hypernym) | tree |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | canafistola, canafistula, Cassia fistula, Cassia grandis, Cassia javonica, Cassia marginata, Cassia roxburghii, drumstick tree, golden shower tree, horse cassia, horse cassia, pink shower, pink shower tree, pudding pipe tree, purging cassia, rainbow shower |
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| Member meronym | Cassia, genus Cassia |
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2. | Cassia (plant) some genus Cassia species often classified as members of the genus Senna or genus Chamaecrista |
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| Synonyms | genus Cassia |
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| Broader (hypernym) | rosid dicot genus |
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| Member holonym | cassia |
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| Member meronym | Caesalpinioideae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae |
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3. | cassia (plant) Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon |
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| Synonyms | cassia-bark tree, Cinnamomum cassia |
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| Broader (hypernym) | laurel |
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| Part holonym | cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon |
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| Member meronym | Cinnamomum, genus Cinnamomum |
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