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bearwood

[ bair-wood ]

noun

  1. a buckthorn, Rhamnus purshiana, the bark of which yields the drug cascara sagrada.

bearwood

/ ˈbɛəˌwʊd /

noun

  1. another name for cascara
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bearwood1

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; bear 2 + wood 1
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Example Sentences

I sent your gift-books of Hawthorne, yesterday, to the Walters of Bearwood, who had never heard of them!

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