CASSIA-BARK TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cassia-bark tree mean? 

• CASSIA-BARK TREE (noun)
  The noun CASSIA-BARK TREE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CASSIA-BARK TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASSIA-BARK TREE (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cassia-bark tree; Cinnamomum cassia; cassia

Hypernyms ("cassia-bark tree" is a kind of...):

laurel (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)

Meronyms (parts of "cassia-bark tree"):

cassia bark; Chinese cinnamon (aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree; less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark)

Holonyms ("cassia-bark tree" is a member of...):

Cinnamomum; genus Cinnamomum (Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs)