bearwood

bearwood

(ˈbɛəˌwʊd) n (Plants) another name for cascara²

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Noun

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bearwood - shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagradabearberry, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianusbuckthorn - a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigmentscascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark - dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative