chittam bark

chittam bark
chit·tam bark 'chit-əm-.bärk n CASCARA SAGRADA

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  • chittam bark — noun dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative • Syn: ↑cascara, ↑cascara sagrada, ↑chittem bark • Hypernyms: ↑bark • Part Holonyms: ↑cascara buckthorn, ↑bearberry, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • chittem bark — noun dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative • Syn: ↑cascara, ↑cascara sagrada, ↑chittam bark • Hypernyms: ↑bark • Part Holonyms: ↑cascara buckthorn, ↑bearberry, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • chittim bark — noun see chittam bark …   Useful english dictionary

  • cascara sagrada — noun dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative • Syn: ↑cascara, ↑chittam bark, ↑chittem bark • Hypernyms: ↑bark • Part Holonyms: ↑cascara buckthorn, ↑bearberry, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • chittamwood — noun 1. shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke • Syn: ↑American smokewood, ↑Cotinus americanus, ↑Cotinus obovatus • Hypernyms: ↑smoke tree, ↑smoke bush 2. shrubby tree of the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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 bark”] the dried bark of Rhamnus purshiana, used as a cathartic; its laxative principles are… …   Medical dictionary

  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cascara sagrada — 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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

  • bearberry — noun 1. shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada • Syn: ↑cascara buckthorn, ↑bearwood, ↑chittamwood, ↑chittimwood, ↑Rhamnus purshianus • Hypernyms: ↑buckthorn …   Useful english dictionary

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