HyperDic: cascara_sagrada

English > 1 sense of the expression cascara sagrada:
NOUNplantcascara sagrada, cascara, chittam bark, chittem barkdried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
English > cascara sagrada: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningdried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
Synonymscascara, chittam bark, chittem bark
Part ofcascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianusshrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States
Broaderbarktough / tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
Spanishcascara, cáscara sagrada

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