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bearwood
bear·wood
/
ˈbɛərˌwʊd
/
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[
bair
-w
oo
d
]
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noun
a buckthorn,
Rhamnus purshiana,
the bark of
which
yields the drug cascara sagrada.
Origin:
1865–70,
Americanism;
bear
2
+
wood
1
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bearwood
(ˈbɛəˌwʊd)
—
n
another name for
cascara
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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