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    RHAMNUS PURSHIANUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagradaplay

    Synonyms:

    bearberry; bearwood; cascara buckthorn; chittamwood; chittimwood; Rhamnus purshianus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Rhamnus purshianus" is a kind of...):

    buckthorn (a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments)

    Meronyms (parts of "Rhamnus purshianus"):

    cascara; cascara sagrada; chittam bark; chittem bark (dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative)

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