See also:

• CASSIA (Lat. cassia, Gr. mulct)
• CASSIA, VIA

CASSIA (See also:

• LAT

Lat. cassia, Gr. mulct)  , the aromatic bark derived from Cinnamomum See also:

• CASSIA (Lat. cassia, Gr. mulct)
• CASSIA, VIA

cassia . The greater See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply coming from See also:

• CHINA

China, it is sometimes termed See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese See also:

• CINNAMON

cinnamon . The bark is much thicker than that of true cinnamon; the See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste is more pungent and the flavour less delicate, though somewhat similar to that of cinnamon . The properties of cassia bark depend on the presence of a volatile oil—the oil of cassia, which is imported in a fairly pure See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state as an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce from See also:

• CANTON
• CANTON (borrowed from the Ital. cantone, a corner or angle)
• CANTON (more correctly KWANG-CHOW Fu)
• CANTON, JOHN (1718-1772)

Canton . Cassia bark is in much more extensive demand on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe than in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, being preferred to cinnamon by See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern nations . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief use of both the oil and bark is for flavouring See also:

• LIQUEURS

liqueurs and See also:

• CHOCOLATE

chocolate, and in cooking generally . When ground as a spice it is difficult to distinguish cassia from cinnamon (q.v.), and it is a See also:

• COMMON

common practice to substitute the cheap common spice for the more valuable article . Cassia Buds, which have a pleasing cinnamon flavour, are believed to be the immature fruits of the See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree which yields Chinese cinnamon . They are brought in considerable quantities from Canton, and used as a spice and in See also:

• CONFECTIONERY (from Lat. confectio, conficere, compound)

confectionery . Cassia pulp, used as a laxative, is obtained from the pods of Cassia See also:

• FISTULA (Lat. for a pipe or tube)

fistula, or See also:

• PUDDING

pudding See also:

• PIPE

pipe tree, a native of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa which is cultivated in both the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East and See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies . Some confusion occasionally arises from the fact that Cassia is the generic name of an extensive genus of leguminous See also:

• PLANTS

plants, which, in addition to various other medicinal products, is the source of the See also:

• SENNA (Arab. sand)

senna leaves which See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form an important article of materia medica .