English-Thai Dictionary
cascara
N เปลือก หรือ ผล ของ ต้น พวก Rhamnus purshiana
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CASCARA BUCKTHORN
CASCARA BUCKTHORN Cas "ca *ra buck "thorn `. (Bot. )
Defn: The buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshiana ) of the Pacific coast of the United States, which yields cascara sagrada.
CASCARA SAGRADA
Cas "ca *ra sa *gra "da. Etym: [Sp. ]
Defn: Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshianus ), used as a mild cathartic or laxative.
New American Oxford Dictionary
cascara
cas car a |kasˈkarə kæˈskɛrə |(also cascara sagrada |səˈgrädə |) ▶noun 1 a purgative made from the dried bark of an American buckthorn. 2 (also cascara buckthorn ) the tree from which this bark is obtained, native to the Pacific Northwest. [Rhamnus purshiana, family Rhamnaceae. ] ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Spanish cáscara (sagrada ), literally ‘(sacred ) bark. ’
Oxford Dictionary
cascara
cascara |kasˈkɑːrə |(also cascara sagrada |səˈgrɑːdə |) ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] a purgative made from the dried bark of an American buckthorn. 2 the tree from which cascara is obtained, native to western North America. ●Rhamnus purshiana, family Rhamnaceae. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Spanish cáscara (sagrada ), literally ‘(sacred ) bark ’.
Duden Dictionary
Cascara sagrada
Cas ca ra sa g ra da , Cas ca ra sa gra da Substantiv, feminin , die |C a scara sagr a da |die Cascara sagrada; Genitiv: der Cascara sagrada spanisch Rinde des amerikanischen Faulbaums Abführmittel
Spanish Dictionary
cáscara
cáscara nombre femenino 1 Capa o cubierta exterior, resistente, dura o quebradiza, que envuelve algunas cosas, especialmente los huevos, la fruta y los frutos secos :cáscara de banana; cáscara de huevo; cáscara de melón; cáscara de nuez; cáscaras de semillas; cereales con cáscara .2 Corteza del tronco, la raíz y las ramas de los árboles, los arbustos y las plantas leñosas .
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