cascara sagrada

cascara sagrada
/seuh gray"deuh, -grah"-, -grad"euh/
1. cascara.
2. the bark of the cascara, used as a cathartic or laxative.
[1880-85; < Sp: lit., sacred bark]

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      (Spanish: “sacred bark”), the dried bark of the buckthorn Rhamnus purshiana (order Rosales) used in medicine as a laxative. The tree is cultivated in North America and Kenya. Cascara sagrada is prepared in both liquid and solid forms. The activity apparently results from the combined action of several substances, a number of which have been isolated; they consist chiefly of anthraquinones (anthraquinone).

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  • cascara sagrada — 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cascara sagrada — Cascara buckthorn Cas ca*ra buck thorn (Bot.) The buckthorn ({Rhamnus Purshiana}) of the Pacific coast of the United States, which yields {cascara sagrada}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • cascara sagrada — noun dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative • Syn: ↑cascara, ↑chittam bark, ↑chittem bark • Hypernyms: ↑bark • Part Holonyms: ↑cascara buckthorn, ↑bearberry, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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