Definition of Cassena

1. cassina [n -S] - See also: cassina

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cassena

casquetel

Literary usage of Cassena

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

1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"It is said that the true cassena is regarded by many of the southern tribes of the American Indians, as a holy plant, being used by them during their ..."

2. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"Rafinesque states that the true cassena is reckoned a holy plant by many of the southern tribes of American Indians, being used, during their religious ..."

3. American Medical and Philosophical Register: Or, Annals of Medicine, Natural by John Wakefield Francis (1814)
"The cassena is a species of Ilex, or Holly. It is tbe Ilex vomitoria of Alton, ... To the preceding notice of the cassena, Dr. Barton has added some ..."

4. Useful Wild Plants of the United States and Canada by Charles Francis Saunders (1920)
"Bartram does not seem to have liked his cassena, and in point of fact few white people ever did; but the wide prevalence of its consumption among the ..."

5. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1917)
"He went out on deck with his friend, the Duke of cassena. ... While getting into the second boat he and the Duke of cassena were both wounded. ..."

6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"Cassine or cassena is the name m the language of the Timucua Indians for an ... cassena. YAUPON. Shrub, rarely tree, to 25 ft., with spreading branches: ..."

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