cascara

3 definitions found

cascara - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  cascara \cascara\ n.
     the dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative;
     -- called also cascara sagrada.
  
     Syn: chittam bark, chittem bark.
          [WordNet 1.5]

  Cascara sagrada \Cas"ca*ra sa*gra"da\ (k[.a]s"k[.a]*r[.a]
     s[.a]*gr[aum]"d[.a]). [Sp.]
     Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshianus
     ), used as a mild cathartic or laxative; -- called
     also cascara.
     [1913 Webster]

cascara - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cascara
      n 1: dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
           [syn: cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark,
           chittem bark]