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Rhamnus Purshiana
(gcide) | Cascara buckthorn \Cas"ca*ra buck"thorn`\ (Bot.)
The buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshiana) of the Pacific coast of
the United States, which yields cascara sagrada.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Rhamnus purshiana
(gcide) | chittamwood \chittamwood\ n.
1. a shrubby tree of the U. S. Pacific coast ({Rhamnus
purshianus} or Rhamnus purshiana), whose bark is the
cascara sagrada, used as a mild cathartic or laxative.
Syn: cascara, cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood,
chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. a deciduous tree of SE U.S. and Mexico.
Syn: false buckthorn, chittimwood, shittimwood, black haw,
Bumelia lanuginosa.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. a shrubby tree of southern U.S. (Cotinus obovatus)
having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs
of smoke; -- called also American smoke tree.
Syn: American smokewood, Cotinus americanus, {Cotinus
obovatus}.
[WordNet 1.5] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Rhamnus purshiana
(gcide) | Cascara buckthorn \Cas"ca*ra buck"thorn`\ (Bot.)
The buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshiana) of the Pacific coast of
the United States, which yields cascara sagrada.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]chittamwood \chittamwood\ n.
1. a shrubby tree of the U. S. Pacific coast ({Rhamnus
purshianus} or Rhamnus purshiana), whose bark is the
cascara sagrada, used as a mild cathartic or laxative.
Syn: cascara, cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood,
chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. a deciduous tree of SE U.S. and Mexico.
Syn: false buckthorn, chittimwood, shittimwood, black haw,
Bumelia lanuginosa.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. a shrubby tree of southern U.S. (Cotinus obovatus)
having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs
of smoke; -- called also American smoke tree.
Syn: American smokewood, Cotinus americanus, {Cotinus
obovatus}.
[WordNet 1.5] |
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