cascara sagrada

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish cáscara sagrada (“sacred bark”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kaˌskɑː.ɹə səˈɡɹɑː.də/ (General American) IPA(key): /kæˌskɛɹ.ə səˈɡɹɑ.də/ === Noun === cascara sagrada (uncountable) (pharmacology) A purgative made from the dried bark of an American buckthorn. The tree from which cascara is obtained (Rhamnus purshiana), native to western North America. ==== Related terms ==== cascara === References === “cascara”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “cascara sagrada”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.