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CASCARA

\kaskˈɑːɹə], \kaskˈɑːɹə], \k_a_s_k_ˈɑː_ɹ_ə]\

Definitions of CASCARA

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Component of the dried bark of a buckthorn (Rhamnus purshiana) that contains the anthraquinone EMODIN. It is used as a laxative.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

kas'ka-ra, n. the Cascara sagrada, a Californian bark used as a tonic aperient: the Cascara amarga, a bitter Honduras bark.--n. CASCARILL'A, the aromatic bitter bark of the West Indian Croton Eleuteria. [Sp.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Bark.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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