bearwood
[ bair-wood ]
noun
a buckthorn, Rhamnus purshiana, the bark of which yields the drug cascara sagrada.
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British Dictionary definitions for bearwood
bearwood
/ (ˈbɛəˌwʊd) /
noun
another name for cascara (def. 2)
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