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Definitions for Cascara

[1] a buckthorn, Rhamnus purshiana, of the Pacific coast of the U.S., having finely toothed leaves and flowers in umbels and yielding cascara sagrada.
[2] See cascara sagrada
[3] Also called: cascara buckthorn , bearwood a shrub or small tree, Rhamnus purshiana of NW North America, whose bark is a source of cascara sagrada: family Rhamnaceae

Words nearby Cascara

cascade particle, cascade range, cascade stomach, cascades, cascading style sheet, cascara, cascara sagrada, cascarilla, casco bay, case, case bay

Origin of Cascara

1875–80, Americanism ; < Spanish cáscara bark, perhaps akin to cascar to crack ≪ Vulgar Latin *quassicāre, equivalent to Latin quass(āre ) to shatter (see quash) + -icā- formative v. suffix + -re infinitive ending

Word origin for Cascara

C19: from Spanish: bark, from cascar to break, from Vulgar Latin quassicāre (unattested) to shake violently, shatter, from Latin quassāre to dash to pieces