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cascara

cascara noun: a North American buckthorn (Frangula purshiana, syn. Rhamnus purshiana) whose bark is used as a laxative.

Noun

cascara (plural cascaras)

  1. A North American buckthorn (Frangula purshiana, syn. Rhamnus purshiana) whose bark is used as a laxative.
  2. A laxative drug or preparation based on this plant.
    • "That's as bitter as a dose of cascara."1972, John O'Grady, It's Your Shout, Mate, Ure Smith, page 60
  3. Dried coffee cherry fruit used in teas and other drinks.

cascara meaning in Tamil

cascara in Tamil

வறட்பட்டை

Forms of cascara

pluralcascaras

Origin of cascara

Borrowed from Spanish cáscara (“bark" or "husk”).

Words formed from cascara

Questions about cascara

What does cascara mean?
Cascara means a North American buckthorn (Frangula purshiana, syn. Rhamnus purshiana) whose bark is used as a laxative.
What is cascara in Tamil?
Cascara in Tamil is வறட்பட்டை. See Cascara meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cascara?
Cascara is a noun.
What is the plural of cascara?
The plural of cascara is cascaras.

Words near cascara in the dictionary

  1. cascalho
  2. cascalote
  3. cascalotes
  4. cascandite
  5. Cascar
  6. cascara
  7. cascara amarga
  8. cascara sagrada
  9. cascaras
  10. cascarilla
  11. cascarillas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cascara (page history and authors); cascara (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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