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Webster 1913 Edition


Cassidony

Cas′si-do-ny

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cassidony

CASSIDONY

,
Noun.
A species of plant, Gnaphalium, cotton-weed, cudweed or goldylocks; also, Lavandula stoechas or French lavender.