cassie

¹

[ kas-ee ]

noun

1. huisache.

Cassie

²

[ kas-ee ]

noun

1. a male or female given name, form of Cass.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cassie¹

< French < Provençal cacio, for acacia acacia

Example Sentences

He seems, from a footnote, to be in difficulty about the word cassie.

From Project Gutenberg

The stronger, though less delicate, cassie is grown from seeds, which are contained in pods which betray the connection of this plant with the leguminous family.

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Both these preparations are obviously only a solution of the true essential oil of cassie flowers in the neutral fatty body.

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In this mixture, it is the extract of cassie which has the leading smell, but modified by the rose and tuberose becomes very much like the violet.

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The Huile de Cassie, or fat oil of cassie, is prepared in a similar manner, substituting the oil of Egyptian ben nut, olive oil, or almond oil, in place of suet.

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