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cascara sagrada

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  1. a laxative made from cascara bark
  2. the bark

Origin: Sp, lit., sacred bark

See cascara sagrada in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
The dried bark of the cascara buckthorn, used as a laxative.

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Origin: American Spanish cáscara sagrada

Origin: : Spanish cáscara, bark

Origin: + Spanish sagrada, sacred

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