cascaran.
/kaˈskɑːrə/, /kəˈskɑːrə/, U.S. /kæˈskɛrə/, /kəˈskɑrə/ 1. A bark canoe (in Spanish America).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > canoe of indigenous peoples > bark
bark canoe1725
north canoe1799
northern canoea1821
woodskin1825
birch1864
birch bark1868
cascara1882
1882 Athenæum 4 Feb. 155/2 Birch-bark canoes, dug-outs, cedar canoes, balsas, woodskins, and cascaras.
1882 Standard 10 Feb. 5/3 The cascara of the Caripuna..or the coracle of the Mandans and the Welsh.
2. Medicine. (An extract of) the bark of a Californian buckthorn, Rhamnus purshiana, used as a laxative or cathartic; in full cascara sagrada, ‘sacred bark’ (see sacred adj. and n. Compounds).
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative > plant-derived
scammonyc1000
lign-aloesc1374
hiera picra1379
rhubarbc1390
aloea1398
cassia fistulaa1398
coloquintidaa1398
senec1400
turpethc1400
coloquintc1420
diagrydium1436
lignum aloes1525
rhabarbarum1533
xylaloes1540
manna1541
scilla1548
hyera?1550
emblic1555
diasenna1562
colocynth1565
tragonce1575
pinyon1577
mechoacan1587
lignum aquilae1600
gamboge1615
dragon-root1621
helleborism1621
diaprune1625
alhandal1630
makinboy1652
luskard1653
diagrydiate1657
physic nut1657
aloetic1661
scammoniate1665
jalap1675
aloedary1683
coloquinto1683
Briançon manna1688
liquorice powder1712
coloquintid1732
castor oil1746
senna-tea1752
higry pigry1773
Turkey rhubarb1789
argel1803
hickery-pickery1816
cathartin1823
aloin1828
croton oil1829
jalapin1832
syrmaea1833
bryonin1836
gambogic acid1837
Podophyllum1844
podophyllin1851
geropiga1852
hicra picra1857
Montpellier turpeth1860
picra1860
tallicoona oil1866
scammonin1868
pharbitisin1873
cascara sagrada1879
senna-draught1879
tambor-oil1890
syrup of figs1897
pharbitin1899
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > medicinal barks > other medicinal barks
oak bark1579
cascarilla1686
false Winter's bark1722
malambo bark1816
matias bark1840
sweetwood bark1846
magnolia1857
cascara sagrada1879
cuprea bark1884
sacred bark1891
1879 A. O'Neill in New Preparations (Detroit) III. 140.
1885 Brit. Pharmacopœia 151 Extract of Cascara Sagrada.
1885 Brit. Pharmacopœia 152 Mix the cascara with two pints of the spirit.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. iv. [Calypso] 66 One tabloid of cascara sagrada.
1951 A. Grollman Pharmacol. & Therapeutics xix. 390 Cascara sagrada is a very popular remedy in habitual constipation.
1966 J. Gardner Amber Nine ii. 35 If you are given any reason to think you've been detected, move like an overdose of cascara.
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