【医】 波希鼠李皮

[ noun ]
dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
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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}.

cascara \cascara\ n.
the dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative;
-- called also {cascara sagrada}.

Syn: chittam bark, chittem bark.
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Cascara buckthorn \Cas"ca*ra buck"thorn`\ (Bot.)
The buckthorn ({Rhamnus Purshiana}) of the Pacific coast of
the United States, which yields {cascara sagrada}.
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chittamwood \chittamwood\ n.
1. a shrubby tree of the U. S. Pacific coast ({Rhamnus
purshianus} or {Rhamnus purshiana}), whose bark is the
{cascara sagrada}, used as a mild cathartic or laxative.

Syn: cascara, cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood,
chittimwood, {Rhamnus purshianus}.
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2. a deciduous tree of SE U.S. and Mexico.

Syn: false buckthorn, chittimwood, shittimwood, black haw,
Bumelia lanuginosa.
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3. a shrubby tree of southern U.S. ({Cotinus obovatus})
having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs
of smoke; -- called also {American smoke tree}.

Syn: American smokewood, {Cotinus americanus}, {Cotinus
obovatus}.
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