- a laxative made from cascara bark
- the bark
Origin of cascara sagrada
Spanish cáscara sagrada, literally , sacred bark: see cascaracascara sagrada
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cascara sagrada
noun
The dried bark of the cascara buckthorn, having laxative properties. Its use in laxatives was banned in the United States in 2002.
Origin of cascara sagrada
American Spanish cáscara sagrada Spanish cáscara bark ; see cascara buckthorn . Spanish sagrada sacredTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
- The bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus purshiana), used as a mild cathartic or laxative.
Origin
Spanish holy bark.
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cascara sagrada - Medical Definition
n.
The dried bark of the cascara buckthorn, having laxative properties. Its use in laxatives was banned in the United States in 2002.
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