cascarilla

American  

[kas-kuh-ril-uh] / ˌkæs kəˈrɪl ə /

noun

• cascarillas
  plural

1. Also called cascarilla bark. the bitter, aromatic bark of a West Indian shrub, Croton eluteria, of the spurge family, used as a tonic.

2. the shrub itself.

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cascarilla British  

/ ˌkæskəˈrɪlə /

noun

1. a West Indian euphorbiaceous shrub, Croton eluteria, whose bitter aromatic bark is used as a tonic

2. the bark of this shrub

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cascarillas
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of cascarilla

1870–75; < Spanish, equivalent to cascar ( a ) bark ( see cascara) + -illa < Latin -illa diminutive suffix

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Example Sentences

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cascarilla cascarillas

The copper pot-distilled liquid comes in two varieties: Spice 94 is made using oak, cascarilla bark, green cardamom, allspice berries, lemon peel and grapefruit peel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2017

The bitterness is imparted by such substances as bitter orange rind, gentian, rhubarb, quassia, cascarilla, angostura, quinine and cinchona.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

It was Bill who used to shriek after me, “Box o’ lyats,” and would not believe that I never smoked and had no use for the cascarilla scented vesuvians.

From Friends I Have Made by George Manville Fenn

The chief aromatic barks comprise the cinnamon, cassia lignea, cascarilla, and canella alba.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

Much better than plain water he considers water to which some light bitter has been added, such as cascarilla.

From Makers of Modern Medicine by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

He found the manufacture of spirits for the sugar-cane more profitable than digging for gold in the Ouitubamba or hunting for cascarillas along the Cconi.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 by Various

The honest fellow feared lest his master might have caught again a touch of the old fever which had formerly attacked him in searching for cascarillas in the environs of Tipoani in Bolivia.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 by Various

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