Etymology

cascara sagrada

Today it means: A purgative made from the dried bark of an American buckthorn. Full definition →

Spanish cáscara sagrada
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromcáscara sagrada“sacred bark”
  2. English todaycascara sagrada

Borrowed from Spanish cáscara sagrada (“sacred bark”).

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