cascara

See also: cáscara, cascará, and cascarà

English

Etymology

Borrowed 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

• cascara amarga
• cascara sagrada

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

Anagrams

• Saccara, Caracas

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