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Cassate (v. t.)

To render void or useless; to vacate or annul.

Cassation (n.)

The act of annulling.

Cassava (n.)

A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc.

Cassava (n.)

A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.

Casse Paper

Broken paper; the outside quires of a ream.

Casserole (n.)

A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain.

Casserole (n.)

A mold (in the shape of a hollow vessel or incasement) of boiled rice, mashed potato or paste, baked, and afterwards filled with vegetables or meat.

Cassia (n.)

A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of several species furnish the senna used in medicine.

Cassia (n.)

The bark of several species of Cinnamomum grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as cassia, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more or less in strength and flavor, and the amount of outer bark attached.

Cassican (n.)

An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest; the crested oriole. The name is also sometimes given to the piping crow, an Australian bird.

Cassideous (a.)

Helmet-shaped; -- applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite.

Cassidony (n.)

The French lavender (Lavandula Stoechas)

Cassidony (n.)

The goldilocks (Chrysocoma Linosyris) and perhaps other plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed.

Cassimere (n.)

A thin, twilled, woolen cloth, used for men's garments.

Cassinette (n.)

A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk.

Cassinian ovals

See under Oval.

Cassino (n.)

A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points.

Cassioberry (n.)

The fruit of the Viburnum obovatum, a shrub which grows from Virginia to Florida.

Cassiopeia (n.)

A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated between Cepheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabulous king of Ethiopia.

Cassiterite (n.)

Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See Black tin, under Black.