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Rhamnus Purshianus
(gcide) | Rhamnus \Rham"nus\, n. [NL., from Gr. "ra`mnos a kind of prickly
shrub; cf. L. rhamnos.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California
Rhamnus Purshianus and the European Rhamnus catharticus
are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.
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Rhamnus Purshianus
(gcide) | Cascara sagrada \Cas"ca*ra sa*gra"da\ (k[.a]s"k[.a]*r[.a]
s[.a]*gr[aum]"d[.a]). [Sp.]
Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn ({Rhamnus
Purshianus}), used as a mild cathartic or laxative; -- called
also cascara.
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Rhamnus purshianus
(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.
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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}.
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rhamnus purshianus
(wn) | Rhamnus purshianus
n 1: shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States;
yields cascara sagrada [syn: cascara buckthorn,
bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood,
Rhamnus purshianus] |
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Rhamnus Purshianus
(gcide) | Rhamnus \Rham"nus\, n. [NL., from Gr. "ra`mnos a kind of prickly
shrub; cf. L. rhamnos.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California
Rhamnus Purshianus and the European Rhamnus catharticus
are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.
[1913 Webster]Cascara sagrada \Cas"ca*ra sa*gra"da\ (k[.a]s"k[.a]*r[.a]
s[.a]*gr[aum]"d[.a]). [Sp.]
Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn ({Rhamnus
Purshianus}), used as a mild cathartic or laxative; -- called
also cascara.
[1913 Webster]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] |
rhamnus purshianus
(wn) | Rhamnus purshianus
n 1: shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States;
yields cascara sagrada [syn: cascara buckthorn,
bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood,
Rhamnus purshianus] |
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