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

Syrup of buck-thorn, or cascara sagrada, is another medicine that should never be given to small dogs: it is far too irritating and severe.

From A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them by Williams, Mrs. Leslie

When necessary to resort to drugs—such remedies as cascara sagrada, milk of magnesia, or syrup of rhubarb, are satisfactory, as well as our old stand-by—castor oil.

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

Wahoo, wa-hōō′, n. the burning bush, a richly ornamental shrub: the bear-berry, which yields cascara sagrada: the winged elm, with valuable hard-grained wood.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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.