Cascara buckthorn

Cas´ca`ra buck´thorn`

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(Bot.) The buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshiana) of the Pacific coast of the United States, which yields cascara sagrada.

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cascara buckthorn - shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus buckthorn - a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark - dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative