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Meaning of CASSIDONY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cas"si*do*ny\, n. [Cf. LL. cassidonium, F.
Cassidoine. See {Chalcedony}.] (Bot.)
(a) The French lavender ({Lavandula St[oe]chas}).
(b) The goldilocks {(Chrysocoma Linosyris)} and perhaps other
    plants related to the genus {Gnaphalium} or cudweed.
 

 

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