noun
Etymology
Origin of cascara sagrada
1880–85; < Spanish: literally, sacred bark
Example Sentences
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Unobjectionable are mineral oil, milk of magnesia, cascara sagrada.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
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)
But if the woman is constipated and anemic, cascara sagrada is a better laxative; while cod-liver oil acts as a laxative and at the same time improves the quality of the blood.
From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Galbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary)
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