NOUN | plant | chittam bark, cascara, cascara sagrada, chittem bark | dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative |
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Meaning | dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative. | |
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Synonyms | cascara, cascara sagrada, chittem bark | |
Part of | cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus | shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States |
Broader | bark | tough / tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants |
Spanish | cascara, cáscara sagrada |
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