cassiope

American  

[kuh-sahy-uh-pee] / kəˈsaɪ əˌpi /

noun

1. (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.

2. (initial capital letter) Cassiopeia.

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Etymology

Origin of cassiope

< New Latin, Latin < Greek Kassiópē Cassiopeia

Example Sentences

On Oppapago, which is also called Sheep Mountain, one finds not far from the beds of cassiope the ice-worn, stony hollows where the bighorns cradle their young.

From The Land of Little Rain by Austin, Mary Hunter

In fact, there was quite a border of sod all about where the ice had been, and a great mat of white-belled cassiope in the middle.

From The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children by Austin, Mary Hunter

Of these cassiope is at once the commonest and the most beautiful and influential.

From Travels in Alaska by Muir, John

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

Here, too, in this so-called "land of desolation," I met cassiope, growing in fringes among the battered rocks.

From The Mountains of California by Muir, John