CASCARA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cascara mean? 

• CASCARA (noun)
  The noun CASCARA has 1 sense:

1. dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASCARA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cascara; cascara sagrada; chittam bark; chittem bark

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

bark (tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants)

Holonyms ("cascara" is a part of...):

bearberry; bearwood; cascara buckthorn; chittamwood; chittimwood; Rhamnus purshianus (shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada)

 Context examples 

Used as a laxative in constipation and various medical conditions, Cascara (cascara sagrada) is dried bark of Picramnia sp. (Simarubaceae) or Rhamnus purshiana (Rhamnaceae) containing stimulant laxative anthranol glycosides that act on the intestinal wall to increase muscle contractions and encourage bowel movements.

(Frangula purshiana Bark, NCI Thesaurus)

Casanthranol is a concentrated mixture of anthranol glycosides from cascara sagrada (dried bark of Rhamnus p.) and a stimulant laxative that encourages bowel movements by acting on the intestinal wall to increase muscle contractions.

(Casanthranol/Docusate, NCI Thesaurus)

A concentrated mixture of anthranol glycosides from cascara sagrada (dried bark of Rhamnus p.) and used as a laxative in constipation and various medical conditions, stimulant laxative Casanthranol encourages bowel movements by acting on the intestinal wall to increase muscle contractions.

(Casanthranol, NCI Thesaurus)