cascara
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views updated Jun 08 2018cascara (cascara sagrada) (kas-kar-ă) n. the dried bark of an American buckthorn, Rhamnus purshiana, used as a laxative.
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cascara
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views updated May 18 2018cascara (
sagrada) a laxative drug. XIX. — Sp. ‘(sacred) bark’, f.
cascar crack, burst.
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