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单词 bearwood
释义

bearwood

[ bair-wood ]
/ ˈbɛərˌwʊd /

noun

a buckthorn, Rhamnus purshiana, the bark of which yields the drug cascara sagrada.

Origin of bearwood

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; bear2 + wood1

Words nearby bearwood

bearskin, bear's-paw, bear the brunt, bear up, bear with, bearwood, Beas, beast, beast epic, beastie, beastings
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Example sentences from the Web for bearwood

  • I sent your gift-books of Hawthorne, yesterday, to the Walters of Bearwood, who had never heard of them!

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British Dictionary definitions for bearwood

bearwood
/ (ˈbɛəˌwʊd) /

noun

another name for cascara (def. 2)
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