noun
aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree; less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark
• Syn: ↑cassia bark
• Hypernyms: ↑bark
• Part Holonyms: ↑cassia, ↑cassia-bark tree, ↑Cinnamomum cassia
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nounUsage: usually capitalized 1st C
: the bark of a Chinese tree (Cinnamomum cassia) generally considered less agreeable in flavor or fragrance than Ceylon and Saigon cinnamon — called also cassia bark
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cassia (def. 1).
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Chinese cinnamon,
= cassia bark. (Cf. ↑cassia bark)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.