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cascarilla
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cascarilla \Cas`ca*ril"la\, n. [Sp., small thin bark, Peruvian bark, dim. of c['a]scara bark.] (Bot.) A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub ( Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark.
Cascarilla bark (or Cascarilla) (Med.), the bark of Croton Eleutheria. It has an aromatic odor and a warm, spicy, bitter taste, and when burnt emits a musky odor. It is used as a gentle tonic, and sometimes, for the sake of its fragrance, mixed with smoking tobacco, when it is said to occasion vertigo and intoxication.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub ((taxlink Croton eleutheria species noshow=1)). 2 The aromatic bark of this shrub, formerly used as a gentle tonic or mixed with tobacco for smoking.
WordNet
n. West Indian shrub with aromatic bark [syn: Croton eluteria]
Usage examples of "cascarilla".
Some forms of mania and melancholia do seem to improve, but whether that is because of hot baths and cascarilla or whether they have just run their course, I could not say.
Croton Cascarilla, the Wild Rosemary of the West Indies, was at first thought to be the source of the Cascarilla of commerce.