cassie
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cassie
< French < Provençal cacio, for acacia acacia
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He seems, from a footnote, to be in difficulty about the word cassie.
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The stronger, though less delicate, cassie is grown from seeds, which are contained in pods which betray the connection of this plant with the leguminous family.
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Both these preparations are obviously only a solution of the true essential oil of cassie flowers in the neutral fatty body.
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In this mixture, it is the extract of cassie which has the leading smell, but modified by the rose and tuberose becomes very much like the violet.
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The Huile de Cassie, or fat oil of cassie, is prepared in a similar manner, substituting the oil of Egyptian ben nut, olive oil, or almond oil, in place of suet.
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