cascara sagrada

American  

[suh-grey-duh, -grah-, -grad-uh] / səˈgreɪ də, -ˈgrɑ-, -ˈgræd ə /

noun

1. cascara.

2. the bark of the cascara, used as a cathartic or laxative.

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cascara sagrada British  

/ səˈɡrɑːdə /

noun

1. Often shortened to: cascara.  the dried bark of the cascara buckthorn, used as a stimulant and laxative

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Etymology

Origin of cascara sagrada

1880–85; < Spanish: literally, sacred bark

Example Sentences

Unobjectionable are mineral oil, milk of magnesia, cascara sagrada.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bowels should be moved by vegetable laxatives, as aloin, cascara sagrada, or some simple combination of either or both of these drugs.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)

Laxatives—the various salines, aperient spring waters, castor oil, cascara sagrada, aloes and other vegetable cathartics.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

Take a dose of epsom salts, castor oil, or cascara sagrada, then regulate your diet.

From Supreme Personality by Croft, Delmer Eugene

Of the laxative drugs which may be used at such a time, cascara sagrada and senna are among the least harmful.

From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.