cassidony

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cassidony - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cassidony \Cas"si*do*ny\, n. [Cf. LL. cassidonium, F.
     cassidoine. See Chalcedony.] (Bot.)
     (a) The French lavender (Lavandula St[oe]chas).
     (b) The goldilocks (Chrysocoma Linosyris) and perhaps other
         plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed.
         [1913 Webster]