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BEARWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bearwood mean? 

BEARWOOD (noun)
  The noun BEARWOOD has 1 sense:

1. shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagradaplay

  Familiarity information: BEARWOOD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BEARWOOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bearberry; bearwood; cascara buckthorn; chittamwood; chittimwood; Rhamnus purshianus

Hypernyms ("bearwood" is a kind of...):

buckthorn (a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments)

Meronyms (parts of "bearwood"):

cascara; cascara sagrada; chittam bark; chittem bark (dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative)


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