cas·car·a (k -skr  )n. A buckthorn (Rhamnus purshiana) native to northwest North America, the bark of which is the source of cascara sagrada. [Spanish cáscara, bark, from cascar, to break off, from Vulgar Latin *quassic  re, from Latin quassre, frequentative of quatere, to shake; see kw t- in Indo-European roots.] |
cascara [kæsˈkɑːrə]
n
1. (Medicine / Pharmacology) See cascara sagrada
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called cascara buckthorn bearwood a shrub or small tree, Rhamnus purshiana of NW North America, whose bark is a source of cascara sagrada: family Rhamnaceae
[from Spanish: bark, from cascar to break, from Vulgar Latin quassicāre (unattested) to shake violently, shatter, from Latin quassāre to dash to pieces]
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| Noun | 1. | cascara - dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative bearberry, bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus - shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada bark - tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants |
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