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Definition of Cassia occidentalis
1. Noun. Very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia.
Generic synonyms: Senna
Literary usage of Cassia occidentalis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Foods: Their Composition and Analysis: A Manual for the Use of Analytical by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1896)
"The seeds of cassia occidentalis* are now being, to some extent, used as an
adulterant, and as a substitute for coffee. In Germany the ground and roasted ..."
2. Foods: Their Composition and Analysis by Alexander Wynter Blyth, Meredith Wynter Blyth (1903)
"Section of seed of cassia occidentalis, x 170. ... 3 '86 Water, 11'09 1 The seeds
of cassia occidentalis give 10 per cent, of ash. ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"cassia occidentalis L. Sp. Pl. 377. 1753. Annual, glabrous, much branched, erect,
4°-6° high. Stipules caducous; gland borne near the base of the petiole; ..."
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