noun
Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon
• Syn: ↑cassia, ↑Cinnamomum cassia
• Hypernyms: ↑laurel
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cinnamomum, ↑genus Cinnamomum
• Part Meronyms: ↑cassia bark, ↑Chinese cinnamon
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/kash"euh bahrk', kas"ee euh-/
a lauraceous tree, Cinnamomum cassia, of eastern Asia.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.