cascara

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See also: cáscara, cascará, and cascarà

English

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Etymology

From Spanish cáscara (“bark" or "husk”).

Noun

cascara (plural cascaras)

  1. A North American buckthorn (Frangula purshiana, syn. Rhamnus purshiana) whose bark is used as a laxative.
  2. A laxative drug or preparation based on this plant.
    • 1972, John O'Grady, It's Your Shout, Mate, Ure Smith, page 60:
      "That's as bitter as a dose of cascara."
  3. Dried coffee cherry fruit used in teas and other drinks.

Derived terms

References

  • Carpenter, Murray, Cascara 'Tea': A Tasty Infusion Made From Coffee Waste, US, NPR The Salt, December 1, 2015
  • Judkis, Maura, Cascara — a soda made from coffee cherries — could be this summer’s ‘it’ drink, Washington DC, Washington Post, May 10, 2017
  • Hardle, Anne-Marie, Now is the Time for Cascara, Bangkok Thailand, SIIR Vol 6 No 5, 2017

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Galician

Verb

cascara

  1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of cascar

Portuguese

Verb

cascara

  1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of cascar

Spanish

Verb

cascara

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cascar
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