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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The trees were dwarfed as I ascended; patches of the alpine bryanthus and cassiope began to appear, and arctic willows pressed into flat carpets by the winter snow.
From The Mountains of California by Muir, John
Of these cassiope is at once the commonest and the most beautiful and influential.
From Travels in Alaska 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
Kalmia, lodum, and cassiope fringe the meadow rocks, while the luxuriant, waving groves, so characteristic of the lower lakes, are represented only by clumps of the Dwarf Pine and Hemlock Spruce.
From The Mountains of California by Muir, John
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
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