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cascara definition

☆ cas·cara (kas ker′ə)

noun

  1. a small tree (Rhamnus purshiana) of the buckthorn family, growing on the Pacific coast of the U.S. and furnishing cascara sagrada
  2. cascara sagrada

Etymology: Sp cáscara, bark; prob. < casca, husk, shell < cascar: see cask

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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