n. The dried bark of the cascara buckthorn, having laxative properties. Its use in laxatives was banned in the United States in 2002. [American Spanish cáscara sagrada : Spanish cáscara, bark; see CASCARA BUCKTHORN + Spanish sagrada, sacred.] |
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