Cassidony

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cassidony \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.
         [1913 Webster]