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CASSIA-BARK TREE

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

cassia; cassia-bark tree; Cinnamomum cassia

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Nouns denoting plants

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)

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