[ kas'kα:rə ]
(also ~ sagrada sə'grα:də )
■ noun
1》 a purgative made from the dried bark of a North American buckthorn.
2》 the tree from which ~ is obtained. [ Rhamnus purshiana .]
Origin
C19: from Sp. cáscara (sagrada) '(sacred) bark'.
[ kas'kα:rə ]
(also ~ sagrada sə'grα:də )
■ noun
1》 a purgative made from the dried bark of a North American buckthorn.
2》 the tree from which ~ is obtained. [ Rhamnus purshiana .]
Origin
C19: from Sp. cáscara (sagrada) '(sacred) bark'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004