Definition of Cassia grandis

1. Noun. Tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-colored flowers; used as an ornamental.

Exact synonyms: Horse Cassia, Pink Shower, Pink Shower Tree
Generic synonyms: Cassia

Literary usage of Cassia grandis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Paxton's Botanical Dictionary: Comprising the Names, History, and Culture of by Joseph Paxton (1868)
"Stove plants, requiring the »une treatment as the species of Cassia. Synonyma ; 1, Cassia grandis, ..."

2. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"The pods of Cassia grandis, which is a native of Central America and Brazil, are of much larger size than those of Cassia Fistula, being sometimes as much ..."

3. Publication by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"Cassia grandis L. " Liquorice Tree." Naturali/.ed near Canaan. April (371). Pulp surrounding seeds black and of a liquorice-like flavor. Eggers Fl. 249. ..."

4. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1891)
"Cassia grandis C. marginata. Flowering Season March-April July-August. Stipules cuneate J i'nch ..."

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