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‖ cascara|ˈkaskara|
[Sp. cáscara bark.]
1. A bark canoe (in Spanish America).
1882Athenæum 4 Feb. 155/2 Birch-bark canoes, dug-outs, cedar canoes, balsas, woodskins, and cascaras. 1882Standard 10 Feb. 5/3 The cascara of the Caripuna..or the coracle of the Mandans and the Welsh.
2. Med. (An extract of) the bark of a Californian buckthorn, Rhamnus purshiana, used as a laxative or cathartic; in full cascara sagrada, ‘sacred bark’ (see sacred a. 7). Popularly pronounced |kæˈskɑːrə|.
1879A. O'Neill in New Preparations (Detroit) III. 140. 1885 Brit. Pharmacopœia 151 Extract of Cascara Sagrada. Ibid. 152 Mix the cascara with two pints of the spirit. 1922Joyce Ulysses 68 One tabloid of cascara sagrada. 1951A. Grollman Pharmacol. & Therapeutics xix. 390 Cascara sagrada is a very popular remedy in habitual constipation. 1966J. Gardner Amber Nine ii. 35 If you are given any reason to think you've been detected, move like an overdose of cascara. |