| NOUN | plant | cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus | shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States |
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| Meaning | shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada. | |
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| Synonyms | bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus | |
| Parts | cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark | dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative |
| Broader | buckthorn | A shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus |
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