cascarilla
Americannoun
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Also called cascarilla bark. the bitter, aromatic bark of a West Indian shrub, Croton eluteria, of the spurge family, used as a tonic.
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the shrub itself.
noun
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a West Indian euphorbiaceous shrub, Croton eluteria, whose bitter aromatic bark is used as a tonic
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the bark of this shrub
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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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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 reason," she said, "of the difference you perceived is this, that during the ceremonies of holy week they take off the cascarilla from their faces, and appear in their natural complexions."
From Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America by Bryant, William Cullen
This cascarilla is formed by the trituration of egg-shells; and the oval faces whitened with it resemble a larger egg, with features drawn on it in black and red.
From A Trip to Cuba by Howe, Julia Ward
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 Fenn, George Manville
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
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
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