Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A buckthorn (Rhamnus purshiana syn. Frangula purshiana) native to western North America, the bark of which is the source of cascara sagrada.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
buckthorn .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Bot.) The buckthorn (
Rhamnus Purshiana ) of the Pacific coast of the United States, which yields cascara sagrada.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Spanish cáscara, bark, from cascar, to break off, from Vulgar Latin *quassicāre, from Latin quassāre, frequentative of quatere, to shake; see kwēt- in Indo-European roots.]
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