HORSE CASSIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does horse cassia mean? 

• HORSE CASSIA (noun)
  The noun HORSE CASSIA has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: HORSE CASSIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HORSE CASSIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cassia marginata; Cassia roxburghii; horse cassia

Hypernyms ("horse cassia" is a kind of...):

cassia (any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cassia grandis; horse cassia; pink shower; pink shower tree

Hypernyms ("horse cassia" is a kind of...):

cassia (any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods)