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Cascara buckthorn

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.] ||

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cascara buckthorn

n. shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada [syn: bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus]