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Rhamnus purshiana — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division … Wikipedia
Rhamnus purshiana — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda ? Cáscara sagrada Clasificación científica … Wikipedia Español
Rhamnus purshiana — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cascara sagrada — cascara sa·gra·da sə gräd ə n the dried bark of cascara buckthorn used as a mild laxative called also cascara, chittam bark * * * [USP] [Sp. “sacred barkâ€] the dried bark of Rhamnus purshiana, used as a cathartic; its laxative principles are… … Medical dictionary
Rhamnus — A genus of shrubs and trees (family Rhamnaceae). The bark and berries of R. cathartica are cathartic; R. frangula is the source of frangula; R. purshiana is the source of cascara sagrada. SYN: buckthorn. [G. rhamnos] * * * Rham·nus ram nəs n a… … Medical dictionary
cascara sagrada — /seuh gray deuh, grah , grad euh/ 1. cascara. 2. the bark of the cascara, used as a cathartic or laxative. [1880 85; < Sp: lit., sacred bark] * * * ▪ plant (Spanish: “sacred bark”), the dried bark of the buckthorn Rhamnus purshiana (order… … Universalium
cascara — SYN: c. sagrada. c. amara the dried bark of a species of Picramnia (family Simarubaceae); used as a bitter tonic. SYN: Honduras bark. c. sagrada the dried bark of Rhamnus purshiana (family Rhamnaceae); used as a laxative. SYN: c … Medical dictionary
buckthorn — /buk thawrn /, n. 1. any of several, sometimes thorny trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Rhamnus, esp. R. frangula, the bark of which is used in medicine. Cf. buckthorn family. 2. a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Bumelia, of the… … Universalium
bearwood — noun shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada • Syn: ↑cascara buckthorn, ↑bearberry, ↑chittamwood, ↑chittimwood, ↑Rhamnus purshianus • Hypernyms: ↑buckthorn … Useful english dictionary
List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family — The following is a list of trees and shrubs of high notoriety. Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order, likewise the genera and closely related species.=GYMNOSPERMS= =CONIFERS= Araucariaceae: The… … Wikipedia
