HyperDic: chittam_bark

English > 1 sense of the expression chittam bark:
NOUNplantchittam bark, cascara, cascara sagrada, chittem barkdried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
English > chittam bark: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningdried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
Synonymscascara, cascara sagrada, 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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