Cassina
cassena.
dahoon.
yaupon.
Historical Examples
The Amphitryon and cassina of Plautus were frequently given.
Beatrice d’Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 Julia Mary Cartwright
Seizing his long stick, the boy crept toward the fowl behind the screen offered by the cassina bushes.
Captain Ted Louis Pendleton
The chief, at length convinced, led the party to his lodge, and entertained them with a decoction of the herb called cassina.
Pioneers Of France In The New World Francis Parkman, Jr.
cassina bushes fringed the shores, the vegetation rising thence to a few tall cypress trees in the center.
Captain Ted Louis Pendleton
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