'Cascara sagrada' definitions:
Definition of 'cascara sagrada'
(from WordNet)
noun
Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative [syn: cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark]
Definition of 'Cascara sagrada'
From: 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]
Definition of 'cascara sagrada'
From: 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]
Definition of 'cascara sagrada'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]