cassina
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Latin casa, cassa, cassina; the Italian cassina, A small detached house in the fields, often whitewashed and of mean appearance.
From Travels through France and Italy by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
The hedges were green, and occasional clumps of cassina bent their branches beneath the weight of coral fruitage.
From Beulah by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
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