cassiope
Americannoun
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(sometimes initial capital letter) any evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Cassiope, of the heath family, having nodding white or pinkish solitary flowers and scalelike or needlelike leaves.
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(initial capital letter) Cassiopeia.
Etymology
Origin of cassiope
< New Latin, Latin < Greek Kassiópē Cassiopeia
Example Sentences
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But this garden and forest luxuriance is speedily left behind, and patches of bryanthus, cassiope and arctic willows begin to appear.
From The Yosemite by Muir, John
No evangel among all the mountain plants speaks Nature's love more plainly than cassiope.
From The Mountains of California by Muir, John
On the borders of little streams larger plants flourish--lupines, daisies, asters, goldenrods, hairbell, mountain columbine, potentilla, astragalus and a few gentians; with charming heathworts--bryanthus, cassiope, kalmia, vaccinium in boulder-fringing rings or bank covers.
From The Yosemite by Muir, John
On the banks of the river and its tributaries cassiope and bryanthus may be found, where the sod curls over stream banks and around boulders.
From The Yosemite by Muir, John
A few are standing at an elevation of nearly three thousand feet; at twenty-five hundred feet, pyrola, veratrum, vaccinium, fine grasses, sedges, willows, mountain-ash, buttercups, and acres of the most luxuriant cassiope are in bloom.
From Travels in Alaska by Muir, John
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