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cassena

American  
[kuh-see-nuh] / kəˈsi nə /
Or cassene,

noun

  1. dahoon.

  2. yaupon.


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These interlacing the trees, supported also by shrubs, of which the cassena is the most distinguished variety, and faced with ditches, make the prevailing fences of the plantations.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various

The hedges were all aglow with the brilliant scarlet berries of the cassena, and on some of the oaks we observed the mistletoe, laden with its pure white, pearl-like berries.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 by Various

A few minutes later he swung the car into a lonesome and lovely road edged with pines, and sassafras, and sumach, and cassena bushes, and festooned with vines.

From A Woman Named Smith by Oemler, Marie Conway

There were clumps of elder here and there, and cassena bushes, and tall fennel in the corners of the old worm-fence bordering the fields on each side.

From The Purple Heights by Oemler, Marie Conway

After distributing some little presents among them, we went to the church, which had been decorated with holly, pine, cassena, mistletoe, and the hanging moss, and had a very Christmas-like look.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 by Various