A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Cassia,-ae (s.f.I): Senna. “The Greek name for a genus of leguminous plants which provide the senna leaves and pods important in pharmacy. Not to be confused with the cassia of commerce which is Cinnamomum cassia, an adulterant for true cinnamon. It is cheaper and looks the same, though coarser in flavor. Leguminosae” (Stearn 1996).

- [term] Caro in Phytologia substantiam illam molliorem fructuum succulentorum notat, quam alias pulpam vocamus, ut pulpa seu caro Cassiae, caro Prunorum, &c. Schrod. (Ray), ‘Caro’ [i.e. ‘flesh’] in Phytology [i.e. botany], indicates the soft substance of succulent fruits, which [in other substances] we call pulp, as the pulp or flesh of Cassia, the flesh of plums.

NOTE: Cassia (Fabaceae); Cassia = “English common name of some species in the genus Cinnamomum of the family Lauraceae. Species of the genera Senna and Chamaecrista were previously included in Cassia” (“Cassia (genus)” Wikipedia June 2021). “Purging Cassia: “the golden shower or pudding-pipe tree, Cassia fistula (Fabaceae); “a drug made from the pulp surrounding the seeds of this plant, used as a laxative. Origin: late 17th century; earliest use found in John Ray (1627-1705) naturalist and theologian” The English Dictionary (on line).

Cassia,-ae (s.f.I: “specific epithet of cinnamon. (See Cassia)” (Stearn 1996); = Cinnamomum cassia, the epithet a noun in apposition.

Cassia,-ae (s.f.I), also casia,-ae (s.f.I):= Gk. kasia or kassia; “a tree with an aromatic bark, similar to cinnamon, prob. the wild cinnamon: Laurus cassia; also a fragrant, shrub-like plant, mezereon, also called cneoron or thymelaea” (Lewis & Short).