Medical Dictionary

cascara buckthorn

noun

Medical Definition of CASCARA BUCKTHORN

:  a buckthorn of the genus Rhamnus (R. purshiana) of the Pacific coast of the United States yielding cascara sagrada—called also cascara, coffeeberry

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