cascara

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

cascara
    n 1: dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
         [syn: {cascara}, {cascara sagrada}, {chittam bark},
         {chittem bark}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

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