poetic. A fragrant shrub or plant. This is partly a rhetorical use of the word from the Bible (Psalm xlv. 8), partly a reference to the casia of…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > fragrant plants or plants used in perfumery > [noun] > poets' cassia (3) cassia1594 poetic. A fragrant shrub or plant. This is partly a rhetorical use of the word from the Bible (Psalm xlv. 8), partly a reference to the casia of… poet's rosemary1597 the shrub Osyris alba (cf. poet's cassia n.). poet's cassia1760 the white-flowered shrub Osyris alba, (family Santalaceae), thought by some to be the cassia of classical Roman poets (see cassia, n.1 3). |
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