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Meaning of CASCARA BUCKTHORN

Pronunciation:  kas'kehru'buk`thorn

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  shrubby tree of United States Pacific coast; yields cascara sagrada
 
 Synonyms: bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus
 
 See Also: buckthorn, cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark

 

 

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

 

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