Definition of Genus cassiope

1. Noun. Low tufted evergreen shrubs of colder parts of north temperate regions having moss-like foliage and nodding white or pink flowers.

Exact synonyms: Cassiope
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Ericaceae, Family Ericaceae, Heath Family
Member holonyms: Cassiope Mertensiana, White Heather

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cassiope

genus Carlina
genus Carnegiea
genus Carpenteria
genus Carphophis
genus Carpinus
genus Carpobrotus
genus Carpocapsa
genus Carpodacus
genus Carthamus
genus Carum
genus Carya
genus Caryocar
genus Caryota
genus Casmerodius
genus Castanea
genus Castanopsis
genus Castilleia
genus Castilleja
genus Castor
genus Castoroides
genus Casuarina
genus Casuarius
genus Catacala
genus Catalpa
genus Catananche
genus Catasetum
genus Catha

Literary usage of Genus cassiope

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"In the number of the Proceedings of. the Washington Academy of Sciences issued December 6, Mr. Coville separates from the genus Cassiope the species which ..."

2. Records of the Geological Survey of India by Geological Survey of India (1876)
"Quite unnecessarily and superfluously M. Coquand, 1865 (1. c.), established a quite new genus Cassiope, uniting with it, without sufficient grounds, ..."

3. Botanisches Zentralblatt: Referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik by Botanischer Verein in München, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Berlin (1902)
"... stelleriana and H. hyp- noides, the author describes what have heretofore borne the same specific names in the genus Cassiope, and, ..."

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