Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The dried bark of the cascara buckthorn, having laxative properties. Its use in laxatives was banned in the United States in 2002.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (
Rhamnus Purshianus ), used as a mild cathartic or laxative; -- called alsocascara .
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- noun The
bark of theCalifornia buckthorn (Rhamnus purshiana), used as a mildcathartic orlaxative .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[American Spanish cáscara sagrada : Spanish cáscara, bark; see cascara buckthorn + Spanish sagrada, sacred.]
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Spanish holy bark.
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