Cassideous
(Cas*sid"e*ous) a. [L. Cassis helmet.] (Bot.) Helmet-shaped; — applied to a corolla having
a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite.
Cassidony
(Cas"si*do*ny) n. [Cf. LL. cassidonium, F. cassidoine. See Chalcedony.] (Bot.) (a) The
French lavender (Lavandula Stœchas). (b) The goldilocks (Chrysocoma Linosyris) and perhaps other
plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed.
Cassimere
(Cas"si*mere) n. [Cf. F. casimir, prob. of the same origin as E. cashmere. Cf. Kerseymere.]
A thin, twilled, woolen cloth, used for men's garments. [Written also kerseymere.]
Cassinette
(Cas`si*nette") n. [Cf. Sp. casinete, G. cassinet.] A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof
of very fine wool, or wool and silk.
Cassinian ovals
(Cas*sin"i*an o"vals) (Math.) See under Oval.
Cassino
(Cas*si"no) n. [It. casino a small house, a gaming house. See casino.] A game at cards,
played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points.
Great cassino, the ten of diamonds. — Little cassino, the two of spades.
Cassioberry
(Cas"si*o*ber`ry) n. [NL. cassine, from the language of the Florida Indians.] The fruit of
the Viburnum obovatum, a shrub which grows from Virginia to Florida.
Cassiopeia
(Cas`si*o*pe"ia) n. [NL., fr. Gr. .] (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere,
situated between Cepheus and Perseus; — so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabulous king of
Ethiopia.
Cassiopeia's Chair, a group of six stars, in Cassiopeia, somewhat resembling a chair.
Cassiterite
(Cas*sit"er*ite) n. [Gr. tin.] (Min.) Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal
crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact
forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly
It is the chief source of metallic tin. See Black tin, under Black.
