or snow-drop tree, in botany, a genus of the diandra-mongynia clas. The calyx divided into four oval segments; and the drupa contains but one seed. There are two species, viz., the virginica and zeylonica, both natives of the Indies.

CHIZZO, or Chioggia, a town on an island of the same name, in the gulf of Venice, by which there is a passage into the Lagunes, situated about twelve miles south of the city of Venice.