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cascarilla|kæskəˈrɪlə| [a. Sp. cascarilla, dim. of cascara rind, bark. In F. cascarille.] The bitter aromatic bark of the plant Croton eleuteria, used as a tonic. Also called cascarilla bark.
1686Lond. Gaz. No. 2186/1, 200 thousand pounds of the Bark of Trees, called Cascarilla. 1759B. Stillingfl. tr. Beyerstein's Physic in Misc. Tracts (1762) 210 They use the cascarilla, which is certainly a very good medicine in shiverings. 1826Good Bk. Nat. (1834) I. 191 The cascarilla bark and castor oil are obtained from plants poisonous in some part or other. 1870Yeats Nat. Hist. Comm. 234. Hence cascaˈrillin, a bitter substance (C12H18O4) obtained from cascarilla bark.
1875H. Wood Therap. (1879) 83 Cascarillin, a neutral, bitter, crystallizable principle. |