Resembling or relating to the cassina plant, particularly in having similar characteristics or properties.
From cassina (a North American holly plant used to make a caffeinated drink) + -oid (suffix meaning 'resembling'). The term emerged in botanical contexts to describe plants with cassina-like features.
Native Americans created a ceremonial drink called 'cassina' from Ilex cassine leaves—one of the few caffeine-containing plants native to North America, predating European coffee culture by centuries.
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