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noun
A purgative made from the dried bark of an American buckthorn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The tree from which cascara is obtained (Rhamnus purshiana), native to western North America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cascara, chittam bark, chittem bark
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bark
History
Borrowed from Spanish cáscara sagrada (“sacred bark”).
