HyperDic: rhamnus_purshianus

English > 1 sense of the expression Rhamnus purshianus:
NOUNplantRhamnus purshianus, cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwoodshrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States
English > Rhamnus purshianus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningshrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada.
Synonymscascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood
Partscascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem barkdried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
BroaderbuckthornA shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus

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