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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 sagrada
Familiarity information: BEARWOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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