[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cascara buckthorn \cas"cara buck"thorn`\ bot.
   the buckthorn rhamnus purshiana of the pacific coast of
   the united states, which yields cascara sagrada.
   webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
rhamnus purshiana cascara sagrada 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chittamwood \chittamwood\ n.
   1. a shrubby tree of the u. s. pacific coast rhamnus
      purshianus or rhamnus purshiana, whose bark is the
      cascara sagrada, used as a mild cathartic or laxative.

   syn: cascara, cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood,
        chittimwood, rhamnus purshianus.
        wordnet 1.5

   2. a deciduous tree of se u.s. and mexico.

   syn: false buckthorn, chittimwood, shittimwood, black haw,
        bumelia lanuginosa.
        wordnet 1.5

   3. a shrubby tree of southern u.s. cotinus obovatus
      having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs
      of smoke; -- called also american smoke tree.

   syn: american smokewood, cotinus americanus, cotinus
        obovatus.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
rhamnus purshianus rhamnus purshiana cascara sagrada rhamnus purshianus cotinus obovatus american smoke tree 
cotinus americanus cotinus obovatus 

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