cascara sagrada

cascara sagrada
chittamwood chittamwood n. 1. a shrubby tree of the U. S. Pacific coast ({Rhamnus purshianus} or {Rhamnus purshiana}), whose bark is the {cascara sagrada}, used as a mild cathartic or laxative.

Syn: cascara, cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittimwood, {Rhamnus purshianus}. [WordNet 1.5]

2. a deciduous tree of SE U.S. and Mexico.

Syn: false buckthorn, chittimwood, shittimwood, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa. [WordNet 1.5]

3. a shrubby tree of southern U.S. ({Cotinus obovatus}) having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke; -- called also {American smoke tree}.

Syn: American smokewood, {Cotinus americanus}, {Cotinus obovatus}. [WordNet 1.5]


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  • Cascara sagrada — ist ein Extrakt aus der Rinde von Rhamnus purshianus (Synonym Frangula purshiana), einer Art aus der Gattung der Faulbäume. Die Pflanze gehört zur Familie der Kreuzdorngewächse (Rhamnaceae) und wächst an der nordwestlichen Pazifikküste Amerikas.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 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

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

  • Cascara sagrada — Cas ca*ra sa*gra da (k[.a]s k[.a]*r[.a] s[.a]*gr[aum] d[.a]). [Sp.] Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn ({Rhamnus Purshianus}), used as a mild cathartic or laxative; called also {cascara}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cascara sagrada — ☆ cascara sagrada [sə grā′də, səgrä′də ] n. [Sp, lit., sacred bark] 1. a laxative made from cascara bark 2. the bark …   English World dictionary

  • Cascāra sagrāda — Cascāra sagrāda, s. Rhamnus …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Cascara sagrada — Cascăra sagrada, Sagradarinde, die Rinder von Rhamnus Purshiana DC., einem Strauche der westamerik. Küste, regt die Magen und Darmtätigkeit an, auch Abführmittel, bes. als Sagradawein …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • cáscara sagrada — Preparado catártico estimulante elaborado a partir de la corteza del árbol Rhamnus purshianus prescrito para el estreñimiento. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

  • cáscara-sagrada — s. m. Pó laxativo vegetal empregado em medicina …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • cascara sagrada — amerikinis šaltekšnis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Šunobelinių šeimos prieskoninis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Frangula purshiana), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. Iš jo gaminami maisto priedai (kvėpikliai). atitikmenys: lot. Frangula… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 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

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