cascara buckthorn n 1: shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada [syn: {cascara buckthorn}, {bearberry}, {bearwood}, {chittamwood}, {chittimwood}, {Rhamnus purshianus}]
Cascara buckthorn \Cas"ca*ra buck"thorn`\ (Bot.) The buckthorn ({Rhamnus Purshiana}) of the Pacific coast of the United States, which yields {cascara sagrada}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]