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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.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Ericaceae, Family Ericaceae, Heath Family
Member holonyms: Cassiope Mertensiana, White Heather
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cassiope
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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