Definition of Cassia bark

1. Noun. Aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree; less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark.

Exact synonyms: Chinese Cinnamon
Group relationships: Cassia, Cassia-bark Tree, Cinnamomum Cassia
Generic synonyms: Bark

Medical Definition of Cassia bark

1. Cinnamomum zeylanicum, an evergreen tree of the laurel family (lauraceae), and its dried inner bark used as a spice or medicinally. (12 Dec 1998)

Literary usage of Cassia bark

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

1. Food Inspection and Analysis: For the Use of Public Analysts, Health by Albert Ernest Leach (1920)
"The fibers of cassia bark have starch granules as a rule interposed among them, ... The tissue is loose and considerably coarser than that of cassia bark. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833)
"cassia bark is the aromatic bark derived from various species of Cinnamomum ... The properties of cassia bark depend on the presence of a volatile oil—the ..."

3. Pharmacographia; a History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanbury (1879)
"The Calcutta cassia bark collected in the ... The less esteemed kinds of cassia bark, which of late years have been poured into the mai-ket in vast quantity ..."

4. A Manual of Scientific Enquiry: Prepared for the Use of Officers in Her by Great Britain Admiralty, John Frederick William Herschel (1859)
"cassia bark.—Specimens are much desired of the tree which affords this bark in Java, on the Malabar coast, in the south of China, and in Cochin China. ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The properties of cassia bark depend on the presence of a volatile oil—the oil of cassia, which is imported ... cassia bark is in much more extensive demand ..."

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