horse cassia
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- East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicineSynonyms: Cassia roxburghiiCassia marginataType of cassia
- tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-colored flowers; used as an ornamentalSynonyms: pink showerpink shower treeCassia grandisType of cassia
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Horse cassia
Botany, a leguminous plant (Cassia Javanica), bearing long pods, which contain a black, catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse medicine.
From the entry Horse.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54