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Webster 1913 Edition

Cascara sagrada

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Cas′ca-ra sa-gra′da

(kȧs′kȧ-rȧ sȧ-grä′dȧ)

.

[Sp.]

Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (

Rhamnus Purshianus

), used as a mild cathartic or laxative; – called also

cascara

.