rhamnus purshianus

4 definitions found

rhamnus purshianus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rhamnus \Rham"nus\, n. [NL., from Gr. "ra`mnos a kind of prickly
     shrub; cf. L. rhamnos.] (Bot.)
     A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California
     Rhamnus Purshianus and the European Rhamnus catharticus
     are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.
     [1913 Webster]

  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]

  chittamwood \chittamwood\ n.
     1. a shrubby tree of the U. S. Pacific coast (Rhamnus  purshianus
         or Rhamnus purshiana), whose bark is the
        cascara sagrada, used as a mild cathartic or laxative.
  
     Syn: cascara, cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood,
          chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. a deciduous tree of SE U.S. and Mexico.
  
     Syn: false buckthorn, chittimwood, shittimwood, black haw,
          Bumelia lanuginosa.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. a shrubby tree of southern U.S. (Cotinus obovatus)
        having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs
        of smoke; -- called also American smoke tree.
  
     Syn: American smokewood, Cotinus americanus, Cotinus   obovatus
          .
          [WordNet 1.5]

rhamnus purshianus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Rhamnus purshianus
      n 1: shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States;
           yields cascara sagrada [syn: cascara buckthorn,
           bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood,
           Rhamnus purshianus]