cascarillan.
/kaskəˈrɪlə/ The bitter aromatic bark of the plant Croton eleuteria, used as a tonic. Also called cascarilla bark.
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1686 London Gaz. No. 2186/1 200 thousand pounds of the Bark of Trees, called Cascarilla.
1759 B. Stillingfleet tr. J. G. Beyerstein Obstacles to Improvem. of Physic in Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 169 They use the cascarilla, which is certainly a very good medicine in shiverings.
1826 J. M. Good Bk. Nature I. ix. 213 The cascarilla bark and castor oil are obtained from plants poisonous in some part or other.
1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 234.
Derivatives
cascaˈrillin n. a bitter substance (C12H18O4) obtained from cascarilla bark.
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1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 83 Cascarillin, a neutral, bitter, crystallizable principle.
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