Cassia (disambiguation)

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Cassia may denote:

Plants

  • Cassia (genus), a genus of plants in the bean family (Fabaceae).
  • Cassia, the common name of Cinnamomum aromaticum, an evergreen tree native to southern China and Indochina, a close relative to the Cinnamon and producing the spice cassiabark
  • other species of Cinnamomum
  • locally for introduced Needle Bush (Acacia farnesiana)

Persons

  • any woman of the Roman gens Cassia, the Cassii.
  • a female surname of Biblical origin meaning "fragant one" or "angel"[verification needed]. see also Kezia (disambiguation)
  • Cassia Riley, an American model
  • Saint Cassia was one of the companions martyred at Damascus with Sabinus, Julian, Maximus, Macrobius, and others, undated the Benedictine and Dominican martyrologies but probably in the 3rd century, who are venerated all together on July 20.
  • The Sant Cassia, a noble family of Malta

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