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# cassia

«cassia» in Mova's school dictionary: **A spice made from the bark of a tree; it tastes and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassia/#m1)

2) A tree or bush with yellow flowers in warm countries; some kinds are grown in gardens and parks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassia/#m2)

3) (Bible) A sweet-smelling spice mentioned in the Bible, used in holy oil and perfumes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassia/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassia/#x1)
- Cassia bark is thicker and rougher than true cinnamon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassia/#x2)
- Grandma's apple cake smelled of cassia and cloves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassia/#x3)
- Bright yellow cassia trees lined the street in the summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassia/#x4)
- The Bible lists cassia among the spices for the holy oil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassia/#x5)
- Cassia comes from the bark of a tree that grows in southern China. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassia/#x6)
- We crushed a stick of cassia in the science lesson to smell it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassia/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.912/)
- [Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.705/)
- [Myrrh, and aloes, and cassia are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.749/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cassia» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassia/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.