1. (

• cassia ,

) any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods ;

2. (

• genus_Cassia ,
• Cassia

) some genus Cassia species often classified as members of the genus Senna or genus Chamaecrista ;

3. (

• cassia ,
• cassia-bark_tree ,
• Cinnamomum_cassia

) Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon ;