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cascarilla bark
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Cascarilla bark
(gcide) | Cascarilla \Cas`ca*ril"la\, n. [Sp., small thin bark, Peruvian
bark, dim. of c['a]scara bark.] (Bot.)
A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria);
also, its aromatic bark.
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Cascarilla bark (or Cascarilla) (Med.), the bark of
Croton Eleutheria. It has an aromatic odor and a warm,
spicy, bitter taste, and when burnt emits a musky odor. It
is used as a gentle tonic, and sometimes, for the sake of
its fragrance, mixed with smoking tobacco, when it is said
to occasion vertigo and intoxication.
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cascarilla bark
(wn) | cascarilla bark
n 1: aromatic bark of cascarilla; used as a tonic and for making
incense [syn: cascarilla bark, eleuthera bark,
sweetwood bark] |
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Cascarilla bark
(gcide) | Cascarilla \Cas`ca*ril"la\, n. [Sp., small thin bark, Peruvian
bark, dim. of c['a]scara bark.] (Bot.)
A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria);
also, its aromatic bark.
[1913 Webster]
Cascarilla bark (or Cascarilla) (Med.), the bark of
Croton Eleutheria. It has an aromatic odor and a warm,
spicy, bitter taste, and when burnt emits a musky odor. It
is used as a gentle tonic, and sometimes, for the sake of
its fragrance, mixed with smoking tobacco, when it is said
to occasion vertigo and intoxication.
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