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CASCARA AMARGA

\kaskˈɑːɹəɹ ˈamɑːɡə], \kaskˈɑːɹəɹ ˈamɑːɡə], \k_a_s_k_ˈɑː_ɹ_ə_ɹ ˈa_m_ɑː_ɡ_ə]\

Definitions of CASCARA AMARGA

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Honduras bark , from Picramnia antidesma : antileutic.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Honduras bark, a very bitter, odorless bark. It contains an amorphous alkaloid, picramnin, which has been used in syphilis

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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