Found 2 items, similar to Cascara.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: cascara
cascara
n : dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative [syn:
cascara sagrada,
chittam bark,
chittem bark]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: cascara
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]