Cascara

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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