cascara sagrada

English - Turkish

Definition of cascara sagrada in English Turkish dictionary

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English - English

Definition of cascara sagrada in English English dictionary

Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative

dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative

Hyphenation

cas·car·a sagrada

Etymology

[ ka-'skar-& ] (noun.) 1879. Spanish cáscara husk, bark, probably from cascar to crack, break, from Vulgar Latin quassicare to shake, from Latin quassare; more at QUASH.