horse cassia

1. 1.

   East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine

   SynonymsCassia roxburghiiCassia marginata

   Broadercassia
2. 2.

   tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-colored flowers; used as an ornamental

   Synonymspink showerpink shower treeCassia grandis

   Broadercassia

Questions about horse cassia

What does horse cassia mean?

horse cassia means "East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for horse cassia?

Close synonyms include Cassia roxburghii, Cassia marginata, pink shower, pink shower tree, Cassia grandis. 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 horse cassia a common word?

horse cassia is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.