NOUN | plant | chittimwood, cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, Rhamnus purshianus | shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States |
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plant | chittimwood, false buckthorn, chittamwood, shittimwood, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa | deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico |
Meaning | shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada. | |
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Synonyms | cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, 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 |
Meaning | deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico. | |
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Synonyms | false buckthorn, chittamwood, shittimwood, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa | |
Broader | buckthorn | Any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia |
Spanish | bumelia lanuginosa | |
Catalan | bumelia lanuginosa |
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