cassia-bark tree

1. 1.

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

   SynonymscassiaCinnamomum cassia

   Broaderlaurel

   Part ofCinnamomum

   Partscassia bark

Questions about cassia-bark tree

What does cassia-bark tree mean?

cassia-bark tree means "Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon".

What is another word for cassia-bark tree?

Close synonyms include cassia, Cinnamomum cassia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cassia-bark tree a common word?

cassia-bark tree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.