cascara sagrada

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

cascara sagrada
    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 buckthorn \Cas"ca*ra buck"thorn`\ (Bot.)
   The buckthorn ({Rhamnus Purshiana}) of the Pacific coast of
   the United States, which yields {cascara sagrada}.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. a deciduous tree of SE U.S. and Mexico.

   Syn: false buckthorn, chittimwood, shittimwood, black haw,
        Bumelia lanuginosa.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   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}.
        [WordNet 1.5]