CASSIOPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cassiope mean? 

• CASSIOPE (noun)
  The noun CASSIOPE has 1 sense:

1. low tufted evergreen shrubs of colder parts of north temperate regions having moss-like foliage and nodding white or pink flowers

  Familiarity information: CASSIOPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASSIOPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Low tufted evergreen shrubs of colder parts of north temperate regions having moss-like foliage and nodding white or pink flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cassiope; genus Cassiope

Hypernyms ("Cassiope" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Cassiope"):

Cassiope mertensiana; white heather (heath of mountains of western United States having bell-shaped white flowers)

Holonyms ("Cassiope" is a member of...):

Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)