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cas•car•a



Pronunciation: (kas-kâr'u), [key]
n.
a buckthorn, Rhamnus purshiana, of the Pacific coast of the U.S., having finely toothed leaves and flowers in umbels and yielding cascara sagrada. Also called cascar'a buck'thorn, bearberry, chittamwood.

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Cascade Rangecascara sagrada
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